ZTE Communications ›› 2009, Vol. 7 ›› Issue (3): 12-15.

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RoF Communication Technology and Its Application Prospect

Yu Jianguo , Gong Minjie , Zhang Ming   

  1. Beijing Northern FiberHome Technologies Co. Ltd. , Beijing 100085, P. R. China
  • Online:2009-09-25 Published:2020-03-03
  • About author:Yu Jianguo, PhD, graduated from Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT). He is now a senior engineer at the Beijing Northern FiberHome Technologies Co. Ltd (branch of Wuhan Research Institute of Posts and Telecommunications). He is also a part-time professor and doctoral advisor of BUPT. Yu has undertaken more than ten research projects on fiber communications and wireless mobile communications supported by the National Natural Science Foundation and the "863" program of China, and has published more than 40 papers.

    Gong Minjie is studying for his master’s degree at BUPT. His main research interests include theories and technologies of fiber communications, wireless mobile communications and their convergence.

    Zhang Ming is studying for his mater’s degree at Wuhan Research Institute of Posts and Telecommunications. His main research interest is wireless mobile communications.
  • Supported by:
    This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation under Grant No. 60736003.

Abstract: The Radio over Fiber (RoF ) communication technology combines the technical advantages of both fiber communication and wireless mobile communication to solve the problems of bandwidth, flexibility and electromagnetic interference. Research of the technology is drawing wide concerns around the world. However, high cost becomes a drawback of this technology at present. In this article the RoF Multi-System Access (RoFMA ) scheme is proposed. The scheme makes use of the Optical Time Division Multiplexing (OTDM ) and multi-system multiplex/de-multiplex technologies to lower the access cost. The article also predicts good development and market prospect of the RoFMA technology.