A survey of key-enabling components for remote millimetric wave generation in radio over fiber networks

Aldaya, Ivan; Beas, Joaquín; Castañón, Gerardo; Campuzano, Gabriel; Aragón‐Zavala, Alejandro

doi:10.1016/j.optlastec.2013.01.008

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“…In recent years, a plethora of photonic mm-wave generation techniques have been proposed [31,32]. A literature review reveals the significant effort of different research groups to reduce the size and complexity while increasing the power efficiency of photonic mm-wave generators.…”

Section: Photonic Generation Of Mm-wave Signalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Tutorial on Optical Feeding of Millimeter-Wave Phased Array Antennas for Communication Applications

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International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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Given the interference avoidance capacity, high gain, and dynamical reconfigurability, phased array antennas (PAAs) have emerged as a key enabling technology for future broadband mobile applications. This is especially important at millimeter-wave (mm-wave) frequencies, where the high power consumption and significant path loss impose serious range constraints. However, at mm-wave frequencies the phase and amplitude control of the feeding currents of the PAA elements is not a trivial issue because electrical beamforming requires bulky devices and exhibits relatively narrow bandwidth. In order to overcome these limitations, different optical beamforming architectures have been presented. In this paper we review the basic principles of phased arrays and identify the main challenges, that is, integration of high-speed photodetectors with antenna elements and the efficient optical control of both amplitude and phase of the feeding current. After presenting the most important solutions found in the literature, we analyze the impact of the different noise sources on the PAA performance, giving some guidelines for the design of optically fed PAAs.

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Section: Photonic Generation Of Mm-wave Signalsmentioning

confidence: 99%

A Tutorial on Optical Feeding of Millimeter-Wave Phased Array Antennas for Communication Applications

Aldaya

Campuzano

Castañón

et al. 2015

International Journal of Antennas and Propagation

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“…With the increasing bandwidth requirements of the next generation wireless communication networks [1]- [3], radio over fiber (RoF) technology is regarded as one of the most promising techniques for wideband and multiservice applications, because of some of its inherent advantages, including large signal bandwidth, low link loss and immunity to electromagnetic interference. In the current wireless communication systems, the generation of the high frequency microwave signals and chromatic dispersion compensation of long-distance optical fibers are regarded as the main research directions to achieve the rapid development of RoF links.…”

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Photonic Microwave Up-Conversion Link With Compensation of Chromatic Dispersion-Induced Power Fading

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An effective scheme of frequency doubling up-conversion is proposed and demonstrated, which achieves the generation of high-frequency microwave signal and the compensation of chromatic dispersion-induced power fading (CDIPF). The system structure is based on a cascading of a Sagnac loop and a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM), where a phase modulator is used in the Sagnac loop. In the loop, only the clockwise propagating light wave is modulated by a small local oscillator signal, leaving the counterclockwise propagating light wave unmodulated because of the velocity mismatch. The output signal is divided into two parts, one traveling into an MZM and the other entering an optical phase shifter. The intermediate frequency signal is supplied to the MZM, which is biased at its minimum point and then the carrier-suppressed double sideband is achieved. With the adjustment of the optical phase shift, the CDIPF can be compensated at any frequency. In the simulation, by comparing the frequency responses of the proposed link with and without dispersion compensation, we successfully demonstrate the performance of power fading compensation for 60-and 80-km link. Consequently, the spurious-free dynamic range is effectively improved by 13.54 dB at 22.6 GHz for 60-km link.

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“…The accelerated developments in the optical components [21,28], products [29], technologies [30,31], and standards [25][26][27]32] for 60 GHz RoF networks often create a situation where novice users who need them, neither have adequate familiarity with the basic concepts, terminology nor have the design information and expertise to use them effectively. Technical consultants, who serve to deliver mature technology to organizations, also suffer from the same drawback of unfamiliarity and inexperience in a rapidly expanding and changing field [33,34].…”

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Knowledge-based framework for the design of millimeter-wave (60 GHz) radio over fiber land networks

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This paper presents the research work involved in the development of a knowledge-based framework for the design of millimeter-wave 60 GHz radio over fiber (RoF) land networks. It combines object-oriented, rule-based, technical information, and procedural functions to support engineers in the conceptual and preliminary design of a network. The overall framework is organized in two main modules: the first module is a tutorial of the terminology and basic principles in the design of RoF networks. The second module is a design assistant system that requests input data from the user about the functional network requirements and its prioritized figures of merit. The proposed design assistant is capable of providing support on the major activities of the 60 GHz RoF land network design such as downlink and uplink channel assignment and network clustering, wavelength allocation, optical link design, and network integration. The assistant is user interactive through the implementation of a graphical user interface. To illustrate the validation of such framework, we present a case of study of a network design with specific requirements.

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A survey of key-enabling components for remote millimetric wave generation in radio over fiber networks

Cited by 10 publications

References 110 publications

A Tutorial on Optical Feeding of Millimeter-Wave Phased Array Antennas for Communication Applications

A Tutorial on Optical Feeding of Millimeter-Wave Phased Array Antennas for Communication Applications

Photonic Microwave Up-Conversion Link With Compensation of Chromatic Dispersion-Induced Power Fading

Knowledge-based framework for the design of millimeter-wave (60 GHz) radio over fiber land networks

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