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In-House Networks Using Multimode Polymer Optical Fiber for Broadband Wireless Services

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A novel system concept is presented to transport microwave signals over an in-house multimode graded-index polymer optical fiber network, in order to feed the radio access points in high-capacity wireless LANs. By employing optical frequency multiplying, the network's intrinsically limited bandwidth is overcome. The feasibility of this concept to carry data at several hundreds of Mbit/s speed for various microwave signal formats at carrier frequencies in the tens of GHz range is shown. The concept enables cost-effective system implementation, and easy upgrading by offering data signal transparency. It can readily be integrated with other system technologies such as wired Gigabit Ethernet in a single multi-service in-house polymer optical fiber network.

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  1. COBRA Institute, Eindhoven University of Technology, P.O. Box 513, NL, 5600, MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    Ton Koonen, Anthony Ng'oma, Peter Smulders, Henrie van den Boom, Idelfonso Tafur Monroy & Giok-Djan Khoe

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Koonen, T., Ng'oma, A., Smulders, P. et al. In-House Networks Using Multimode Polymer Optical Fiber for Broadband Wireless Services. Photonic Network Communications 5, 177–187 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1022172511450

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