Comparison of two types of 60 GHz photonic millimeter-wave generation and distribution of a 3 Gb/s OFDM signal

Frédéric Lecoche (1) , Benoit Charbonnier (1) , Eric Tanguy (2) , Hong Wu Li (3) , Frederic van Dijk (4) , Alain Enard (4) , Fabrice Blache (4) , Michel Goix (4) , Franck Mallecot (4)

1 Orange Labs [Lannion]
2 IREENA - Institut de Recherche en Energie Electrique de Nantes Atlantique EA4642
3 IETR - Institut d'Électronique et des Technologies du numéRique
4 III-V Lab - Alcatel-Thalès III-V lab

We demonstrate and compare experimentally two set-ups achieving very high data rate (3 Gbps) wireless transmission in the 60 GHz window, both using Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) for reach extension with OFDM signal compliant to the IEEE 802.15.3.c pre-standard.

Domaines: Electronique

Frédéric Lecoche, Benoit Charbonnier, Eric Tanguy, Hong Wu Li, Frederic van Dijk, et al.. Comparison of two types of 60 GHz photonic millimeter-wave generation and distribution of a 3 Gb/s OFDM signal. European workshop on photonic solutions for wireless access and in-house networks, May 2009, Duisburg, Germany. pp.1. ⟨hal-00935162⟩