A novel and flexible photonics-based down-conversion scheme is proposed for wireless receivers in base stations. It allows simultaneous detection of multiple signals at carriers up to tens of GHz, enabling communications at millimeter waves. Experiments demonstrate the effective down-conversion of Wi-Fi signals at 2.4 and 39.8GHz with EVM<;-43dB.

Flexible Multi-Band OFDM Receiver Based on Optical Down-Conversion for Millimeter Waveband Wireless Base Stations

G. Serafino;
2012-01-01

Abstract

A novel and flexible photonics-based down-conversion scheme is proposed for wireless receivers in base stations. It allows simultaneous detection of multiple signals at carriers up to tens of GHz, enabling communications at millimeter waves. Experiments demonstrate the effective down-conversion of Wi-Fi signals at 2.4 and 39.8GHz with EVM<;-43dB.
2012
microwave photonics
millimetre wave receivers
OFDM modulation
optical receivers
optical signal detection
radio receivers
wireless LAN
flexible multiband OFDM receiver
millimeter waveband wireless base stations
flexible photonics-based optical down-conversion
wireless receivers
signal detection
Wi-Fi signals
frequency 2.4 GHz
frequency 39.8 GHz
OFDM
Radio frequency
Optical amplifiers
Bandwidth
RF signals
Frequency modulation
Optical modulation
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