HD-video streaming over an inexpensive in-building radio-over-MMF system

The need for indoor wireless connectivity is increasing, and conventional systems are getting congested in the radio spectrum. A promising solution is an indoor network consisting of many radio pico-cells fed via fiber. We propose a low-cost implementation by deploying Radio-over-Fiber techniques. The remote antenna contains only an optical-to-electrical conversion, and each pico-cell is fed by a residential gateway through a multi-mode fiber backbone. We characterize the physical layer and experimentally measure the Quality of Service (QoS). To evaluate its practical applicability, we assess the end-user perceived Quality of Experience (QoE) during HD-video streaming and its relation to QoS.