Next Generation Wireless Communications Using Radio over Fiber

Nathan J. Gomes, University of Kent, UKDr 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, PortugalPaulo 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, PortugalAtilio 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.

“The book will be very useful for specialists in optical communications.”  (Optics & Photonics News, 3 May 2013)

• List of Contributors xiiiForeword xvPreface xviiAcknowledgments xxiList of Abbreviations xxiii1 Background and Introduction 1Paulo P. Monteiro, Atýlio Gameiro and Nathan J. Gomes1.1 The Trends and Challenges to Achieving 4G Wireless 21.2 The FUTON Concept for Next-Generation Distributed and Heterogeneous Radio Architectures 81.3 Overview of this Book 122 Trends inWireless Communications 17Aarne Mammela, Mika Lasanen and Jarno Pinola2.1 Introduction 172.2 Basic Transmission Problems and Solutions 182.3 Regulation and Standardization 372.4 Conclusions 413 System Concepts for the Central Processing of Signals 47Atýlio Gameiro and Daniel Castanheira3.1 Introduction 473.2 Wireless Trends 483.3 Architecture Options 513.4 The Global Centralized Architecture 523.5 FUTON Scenarios 553.6 The Optical Infrastructure 583.7 Conclusions 604 Introduction to Radio over Fiber 61Nathan J. Gomes and David Wake4.1 Introduction 614.2 The Concept of a Radio over Fiber System 624.3 Categories of Radio over Fiber Systems 644.4 Performance of Radio over Fiber Systems 724.5 Applications of Radio over Fiber Technology 794.6 Conclusions 845 Radio over Fiber System Design for Distributed Broadband Wireless Systems 91David Wake and Nathan J. Gomes5.1 Introduction 915.2 Radio over Fiber Link Design Issues 935.3 Example Link Design 975.4 Analog or Digital Transmission? 1085.5 Conclusions 1106 Optical Network Architectures for the Support of Future Wireless Systems 113Sýlvia Pato and Jo~ao Pedro6.1 Introduction 1136.2 Using PONs to Support Radio over Fiber Services 1146.3 Candidate Architectures 1176.4 Power-Loss Budget Analysis 1226.5 Comparative Economic Analysis 1286.6 Support of Legacy Systems 1306.7 Conclusions 1317 Optical Transmitters for Low-Cost Broadband Transport 133Guilhem de Valicourt, Romain Brenot, Frederic Van Dijk and Guanghua Duan7.1 Introduction 1337.2 Basics of Semiconductor Lasers and Reflective SOAs 1337.3 Semiconductor Lasers for Radio over Fiber Applications 1397.4 Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers 1487.5 Conclusions 1578 Algorithms for Coordinated Multipoint Techniques 159Fabian Diehm, Mohamed Kamoun and Gerhard Fettweis8.1 Introduction 1598.2 Basic Ideas about CoMP 1608.3 CoMP in Cellular Systems: Benefits and Practical Design 1638.4 Numerical Illustrations of CoMP Concepts 1698.5 CoMP in the FUTON System Concept 1748.6 The FUTON Prototype: CoMP with the FUTON RoF Architecture 1778.7 Conclusions 1869 Cross-Layer Resource Allocation and Scheduling 191Ilkka Harjula, Mikko Hiivala, Vinay Uday Prabhu, Dimitris Toumpakaris and Huiling Zhu9.1 Introduction 1919.2 Low-Complexity Chunk-Based Resource Allocation for the Downlink 1929.3 Modified MAC-Aware Per-User Unitary Rate Control Scheme 1979.4 Channel Estimation Based on Superimposed Pilots 2019.5 Conclusions 20910 Compensation of Impairments in the Radio over Fiber Infrastructure 211Atso Hekkala, Mika Lasanen, Mikko Hiivala, Luis Vieira, Nathan J. Gomes, Vincent Kotzsch and Gerhard Fettweis10.1 Introduction 21110.2 Compensation Techniques for RoF Links 21210.3 RoF Link Model 21410.4 Distortion Compensation Algorithms and Architectures 22210.5 Distortion Compensation Analyses, Simulations and Measurements 22710.6 Impact of Timing Delays in Centralized Distributed Antenna Systems 23210.7 Conclusions 24311 Radio over Fiber Network Management 247Carlos Santiago, Bodhisattwa Gangopadhyay and ArturArsenio11.1 Introduction 24711.2 Overview of RoF Management Systems 24811.3 RoF Manager Architecture 25111.4 Interoperation of RoF Manager and Middleware 25611.5 Conclusions 26212 System-Level Evaluation 265Ramiro Samano-Robles and Atýlio Gameiro12.1 Introduction 26512.2 System-Level Simulation of Wireless Networks and DAS 26912.3 The FUTON System-Level Simulator 27212.4 Radio Resource Management Implementation for the DBWS 28512.5 Results of the Simulation 28612.6 Conclusions 28913 Business Evaluation and Perspectives 291George Agapiou, Vitor Sim~oes Ribeiro, Angela Maria Ferro Venturi, Silmar Freire Palmeira and A. Manuel de Oliveira Duarte13.1 Introduction 29113.2 Evolution of Services in Advanced Access Technologies 29213.3 Business Model Description 29313.4 Business Plan 29413.5 Market Characterization 29613.6 Modeling the Business Plan 29713.7 Deployment Models 30413.8 Conclusions 31214 Summary and Conclusions 313Paulo P. Monteiro, Atýlio Gameiro and Nathan J. Gomes14.1 Introduction 31314.2 Main Achievements of the FUTON Project 31314.3 Technical Benefits 31414.4 Business Benefits 31514.5 Business Vision 315References 316Index 317