Long Reach Hybrid Fiber-Wireless System With Remote Up-Conversion and Local Exchange

A long reach fiber wireless network is proposed for 60-GHz wireless application and all-optical routing/multicasting with simplified structure. This scheme is based on remote upconversion and can provide flexible reach (>100 km) together with a reconfigurable platform for dynamic bandwidth allocation at the physical layer. The experimental results show that 60-GHz wireless signal with 5-Gbps OOK is successfully delivered over 102-km single mode fiber. Moreover, functionalities, such as alloptical routing and optical multicasting are also demonstrated.