Building the FO infrastructure for wireless communications

The next generation of communication systems will provide consumers with a host of new and improved voice, video, and data services. Rapidly developing wireless radio systems are already contributing to the progress, giving consumers the luxury of tetherless access to telephone conversation, on-line computing, and cable-television. Indeed, wireless access to high quality information and entertainment is quickly becoming a key component of the information superhighway. In that context, optical fiber links, which have the bandwidth for providing users with the service of their choice, are an excellent connecting infrastructure for providing uniform radio coverage in wireless networks. Indeed, fast improving analog FO links will serve such networks well. In this article, we will analyze the requirements for such a system.<
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