A 60-GHz point-to-multipoint millimeter-wave fiber-radio communication system

• Published in: IEEE transactions on microwave theory and techniques Vol. 54; no. 5; pp. 1953 - 1960
• Main Authors: Sung Tae Choi, Ki Seok Yang, Nishi, S., Shimizu, S., Tokuda, K., Yong Hoon Kim
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.05.2006; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Antennas; Applied sciences; Broadband wireless access; Circuit properties; Communication systems; Design. Technologies. Operation analysis. Testing; Electric, optical and optoelectronic circuits; Electronics; Exact sciences and technology; Fiber optics; fiber-optic radio link; Integrated circuits; Intelligent networks; Intelligent systems; Links; Microwave circuits, microwave integrated circuits, microwave transmission lines, submillimeter wave circuits; Millimeter wave circuits; Millimeter wave communication; Millimeter wave measurements; millimeter-wave transceiver module; Modules; Multiplexing; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fibers; point-to-multipoint (P-MP); Radiocommunications; Semiconductor electronics. Microelectronics. Optoelectronics. Solid state devices; Telecommunications; Telecommunications and information theory; Transceivers; Transmitters. Receivers; Wireless LAN; Wireless LAN; System configuration; Wireless telecommunication; point-to-multipoint (P-MP); Information rate; Microwave; millimeter-wave transceiver module; Data broadcast; Information dissemination; Transceiver; Multicast; Millimetric wave; Indoor installation; Wide band; Optical transmission; Broadband wireless access; Optical fiber communication; Plane antenna; fiber-optic radio link; Data link; Intelligent system; millimeter-wave communication; Radio wave; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wave optics; Information transmission; Wave transmission; Telecommunication system; Radio communication
• ISSN: 0018-9480; 1557-9670
• DOI: 10.1109/TMTT.2006.873617

A 60-GHz point-to-multipoint wireless access link with data rate of 156 Mb/s incorporating 60-GHz transceiver modules and full-duplex fiber-optic millimeter-wave transmission is developed for short-range applications such as indoor wireless local area networks and intelligent transport systems. For compact system configuration, a small-size millimeter-wave transceiver module with planar antennas is developed. The transceiver module is based on broadband planar integration and packaging of millimeter-wave circuits. The RF output power is +10 dBm and the measured 3-dB antenna beamwidth is 30/spl deg/. The total size of the developed 60-GHz transceiver module, except input and output connectors, is 50 mm /spl times/ 75 mm /spl times/ 35 mm. A point-to-point full duplex fiber-optic configuration is extended to the scheme with multiple access points (APs) by using a tree coupler and a dense wavelength division multiplexing multiplexer. The AP has a simple configuration without frequency conversion. The bit error rate and packet error rate performances of the 60-GHz fiber-radio access link are evaluated. Furthermore, the effect of the extension to the scheme with multiple APs is investigated.