100 Gbps Radio-over-Fiber Links at the W-Band Lucas C. P. Cavalcante, J. J. Vegas Olmos, Idelfonso T. Monroy Metro Access & Short-Range Communications, Department of Photonics Engineering, Technical University of Denmark Ørsted Plads, Building 358-Room 109, Lyngby, 2800, Denmark [email protected] CO BS 1 BS 2 BS 3 BS 4 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110 120 Wireless distance (m) Free space path loss (dB) 2.6 GHz (LTE) 5 GHz (WiFi, 802.11n) 60 GHz (WiGig, 802.11ad) 100 GHz Loss vs. distance Channel Capacity & Antenna Directivity Bottleneck in Access Network & Convergence of Optical and Wireless Access Photonic Generation of RF Millimeter-Waves CO BS Characterization of Channel Small- Scale Effects RoF Experimental Setup Distances:20m-70m Rate: NRZ 2.5 Gbps Wireless Carrier Frequencies: 75 GHz – 87 GHz