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UWB over fiber transmission to multiple radio access units using all-optical signal processing

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An ultra-wideband over fiber architecture is proposed where multiple coherent pulsed optical signals are used for transmitting high data rate signals to five different radio access units (RAUs). The RAUs are placed in a star topology to form a broadcast distributive antenna system architecture. The architecture transmits \(5 \times 1.25\) Gbps data from control unit to the RAUs using a wavelength division multiplexed signal. The multiple pulsed optical carriers forming the wavelength division multiplexed signal are generated using a single continuous wave optical source. The data modulated coherent optical pulsed signals are all-optically converted to electrical Gaussian mono-cycle pulses at the RAUs. The proposed architecture is cost-efficient and gives good bit-error rate results.

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    Bilal Aziz, Tayyab Mehmood & Salman Ghafoor

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Aziz, B., Mehmood, T. & Ghafoor, S. UWB over fiber transmission to multiple radio access units using all-optical signal processing. Photon Netw Commun 34, 280–287 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11107-017-0695-y

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