IEEE Photonics Technology Letters · 2008 · 18 citations · 6 references
EngineeringCommunicationElectrical EngineeringComputer NetworksOpticsPhotonicsCommunication NetworksCommunication SystemsNetwork ArchitectureOptical Communication SystemsOptical FibersPeer-to-peer NetworksChannel AllocationDynamic Channel AllocationFiber Optic Communication SystemsIntegrated AccessOptical Access NetworksOptical Communication LinksOptical NetworkingOptical Transmission Systems
<para xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> We show a bidirectional optical access network with dynamic channel allocation capability of decimeter-wave band optical radio-over-fiber (RoF) and baseband signals. The network can be configured enabling peer-to-peer connectivity, and is based on a simple access point (AP) unit. The proposed RoF architecture is highly scalable, both in terms of channels and APs. </para>
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