Taking a coherent and logical approach, this book describes
the potential use of co-ordinated multipoint systems supported
by radio over fiber. It covers an impressive breadth of topics,
ranging from components, subsystem and system architecture, to
network management and business perspectives. The authors show
the importance of radio over fiber in eliminating or mitigating
against the current, perceived barriers to the use of co-ordinated
multipoint, and the drivers for standardisation activities in
future mobile/wireless systems over the next few years.
The book brings together the system concept for centralized
processing, including what is required for co-existence with legacy
wireless systems, the algorithms that can be used for improving
wireless bandwidth utilization at physical and MAC layers and the
radio over fiber network and link design necessary to support the
wireless system. Other important research is also
covered as the authors look at compensating for radio over fiber
impairments and providing simple network management
functions. A study of service provision and the business
case for such a future wireless system is also fully
considered.
This book comes at an important time for future wireless systems
with standardization of fourth generation wireless systems still
ongoing. The content enables readers to make key decisions about
future standardisation and their own research work. The business
analysis also makes the book useful to those involved in deciding
the future directions of telecoms organisations. This information
will be core to their decision-making as it provides technical
knowledge of the state-of-the-art but also system level assessments
of what is possible in a business environment.
Autorentext
Nathan J. Gomes, University of Kent, UK
Dr Gomes is Reader in Broadband Communications at University Of Kent, UK. He received a BSc degree from the University of Sussex, in 1984 and a PhD degree from University College London, in 1988, both in Electronic Engineering. From 1988 to 1989, he held a Royal Society European Exchange Fellowship at ENST, Paris, France. Since late 1989, he has been at University of Kent and has led a number of national and EU projects and published extensively in international journals and conferences.
Paulo Monteiro, Nokia Siemens Networks, Portugal
Paulo Monteiro received his diploma and his PhD degrees in Electronics and Telecommunications from the University of Aveiro, Portugal. He is Optical Networks Technology Manager in the Transport, Aggregation and Fixed Access Department of Nokia Siemens Networks. He is also an Associate Professor at the University of Aveiro and Researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações. He was the project coordinator of the Large-scale integrating project FUTON. He has authored/co-authored more than 15 patent applications and over 200 refereed papers and conference contributions.
Atílio Gameiro, University of Aveiro, Portugal
Atilio Gameiro received his Licenciatura and his PhD from the University of Aveiro in 1985 and 1993 respectively. He is currently a Professor in the University of Aveiro, and a Group Head at the Instituto de Telec., Pólo de Aveiro, Portugal. His industrial experience includes a period of one year at BT Labs and one year at NKT Elektronik. He has published over 120 technical papers in international journals and conferences. He has been involved and has led several national and European projects in the field of mobile communications.
Zusammenfassung
Taking a coherent and logical approach, this book describes the potential use of co-ordinated multipoint systems supported by radio over fiber. It covers an impressive breadth of topics, ranging from components, subsystem and system architecture, to network management and business perspectives. The authors show the importance of radio over fiber in eliminating or mitigating against the current, perceived barriers to the use of co-ordinated multipoint, and the drivers for standardisation activities in future mobile/wireless systems over the next few years.
The book brings together the system concept for centralized processing, including what is required for co-existence with legacy wireless systems, the algorithms that can be used for improving wireless bandwidth utilization at physical and MAC layers and the radio over fiber network and link design necessary to support the wireless system. Other important research is also covered as the authors look at compensating for radio over fiber impairments and providing simple network management functions. A study of service provision and the business case for such a future wireless system is also fully considered.
This book comes at an important time for future wireless systems with standardization of fourth generation wireless systems still ongoing. The content enables readers to make key decisions about future standardisation and their own research work. The business analysis also makes the book useful to those involved in deciding the future directions of telecoms organisations. This information will be core to their decision-making as it provides technical knowledge of the state-of-the-art but also system level assessments of what is possible in a business environment.
Inhalt
List of Contributors xiii
Foreword xv
Preface xvii
Acknowledgments xxi
List of Abbreviations xxiii
1 Background and Introduction 1
Paulo P. Monteiro, Atýlio Gameiro and Nathan J. Gomes
1.1 The Trends and Challenges to Achieving 4G Wireless 2
1.2 The FUTON Concept for Next-Generation Distributed and Heterogeneous Radio Architectures 8
1.3 Overview of this Book 12
2 Trends inWireless Communications 17
Aarne Mammela, Mika Lasanen and Jarno Pinola
2.1 Introduction 17
2.2 Basic Transmission Problems and Solutions 18
2.3 Regulation and Standardization 37
2.4 Conclusions 41
3 System Concepts for the Central Processing of Signals 47
Atýlio Gameiro and Daniel Castanheira
3.1 Introduction 47
3.2 Wireless Trends 48
3.3 Architecture Options 51
3.4 The Global Centralized Architecture 52
3.5 FUTON Scenarios 55
3.6 The Optical Infrastructure 58
3.7 Conclusions 60
4 Introduction to Radio over Fiber 61
Nathan J. Gomes and David Wake
4.1 Introduction 61
4.2 The Concept of a Radio over Fiber System 62
4.3 Categories of Radio over Fiber Systems 64
4.4 Performance of Radio over Fiber Systems 72
4.5 Applications of Radio over Fiber Technology 79
4.6 Conclusions 84
5 Radio over Fiber System Design for Distributed Broadband Wireless Systems 91
David Wake and Nathan J. Gomes
5.1 Introduction 91
5.2 Radio over Fiber Link Design Issues 93
5.3 Example Link Design 97
5.4 Analog or Digital Transmission? 108
5.5 Conclusions 110
6 Optical Network Architectures for the Support of Future Wireless Systems 113
Sýlvia Pato and Jo~ao Pedro
6.1 Introduction 113
6.2 Using PONs to Support Radio over Fiber Services 114
6.3 Candidate Architectures 117
6.4 Power-Loss Budget Analysis 122
6.5 Comparative Economic Analysis 128
6.6 Support of Legacy Systems 130
6.7 Conclusions 131
7 Optical Transmitters for Low-Cost Broadband Transport 133
Guilhem de Valicourt, Romain Brenot, Frederic Van Dijk and Guanghua Duan
7.1 Introduction 133
7.2 Basics of Semiconductor Lasers and Reflective SOAs 133
7.3 Semiconductor Lasers for Radio over Fiber Applicat…