A comparison of different radio over fibre system concepts with regard to applications in mobile Internet and multimedia

The paper presents a comparison of different radio over fibre system concepts with regard to applications in broadband services transmission. Several concepts of radio over fibre systems have been studied around the world, and each of them seems to be very attractive because of low loss and extremely wide bandwidth necessary for mobile broadband services. Commercial deployment of the millimeter-wave optical links for future mobile broadband services depends on the expected full costs of the systems. The paper discusses an impact of development of new technologies on possibility of commercial deployment of the systems.