WiMAX RoF Design for Cost Effective Access Points

An optimized design of E/O and O/E for access points of WiMAX RoF was carried out by evaluating RCE. The use of the DFB-LD, a low input-impedance driving, a low distortion PIN-PD, and a high gain EPHEMT amplifier is promising the cost-effective design. For the uplink RoF design, the use of EDFA and EP-HEMT amplifiers is necessity.

Authors:

• Haruka Mikamori
• Koyu Chinen

Keywords:

• WiMAX
• RoF
• RCE
• RAU
• Access Point

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