Hybrid fiber radio systems for pico-cell communications

We built a test-bed of a hybrid fiber radio (HFR) system for 60 GHz millimeter-wave wireless communication. Transmission at 155 Mbps over 24 km of an optical link with a tolerable BER less than 10⁻⁶ was achieved over the pico-radio cell with a radius of 2.6 m, which confirms the feasibility of 60 GHz HFR systems. © 2002 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 33: 328–330, 2002; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.10311