64-QAM LTE signal transmission at 25 GHz over hybrid SSMF and non-uniform turbulent FSO channel

This contribution describes the impact of non uniform thermal-induced turbulence on 64-QAM LTE signal transmission at 25 GHz millimeter wave (mmW) signal along hybrid RoF/RoFSO links. Microwave photonic signal generation has been employed by using the optical frequency doubling with intensity modulator biased at the minimum transmission point. The optical and electrical power budgets of different scenarios have been defined and error vector magnitude (EVM) performance has been measured. It is shown that the uniform scenario with high turbulence in the middle of the link is the one with greater impact on the quality of the received data.