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As the bitrates required by wireless services increase and consideration starts to shift to higher carrier frequencies the distribution of radio signals over optical fibers becomes attractive for both antenna remoting in pico-cellular applications as well as for providing more complex radio backhaul network topologies. This chapter outlines the basic structure of a radio-over-fiber (RoF) link and details some of the technology and architectural options. It continues to look at the radio applications considering some of the issues faced as well as current solutions.

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Mitchell, J.E. (2009). Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) Networks. In: Shami, A., Maier, M., Assi, C. (eds) Broadband Access Networks. Optical Networks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92131-0_13

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