Radio-over-fiber-based solution to provide broadband internet access to train passengers [Topics in Optical Communications]

  • Authors:
  • Bart Lannoo;Didier Colle;Mario Pickavet;Piet Demeester

  • Affiliations:
  • Ghent Univ.;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Communications Magazine
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Nowadays, combining high-bandwidth connections (e.g., 5 Mb/s/user) and fast-moving users (e.g., on a train at 300 km/h) while keeping a sufficient level of QoS is still an unsolved bottleneck. In this article we propose a cellular trackside solution for providing broadband multimedia services to train passengers. A radio-over-fiber network in combination with moving cells forms the base of this realization