RF Over Fibre Systems

Abstract: The expansion in mobile working has led to increased demand for wireless services, such as cellular radio and Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN). The proliferation of such services and rapid evolution in coding and modulation standards has increased interest in Radio Frequency (RF) over fibre systems which distribute such services in their final modulated RF carrier form from a central site over optical fibre to antenna units which then convert the signal back to the RF domain. This paper reviews evolving technologies for such systems