Next Generation Wireless Communications Using Radio over Fiber

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Content: Chapter 1 Background and Introduction (pages 1–16): Paulo P. Monteiro, Atilio Gameiro and Nathan J. GomesChapter 2 Trends in Wireless Communications (pages 17–46): Aarne Mammela, Mika Lasanen and Jarno PinolaChapter 3 System Concepts for the Central Processing of Signals (pages 47–60): Atilio Gameiro and Daniel CastanheiraChapter 4 Introduction to Radio over Fiber (pages 61–89): Nathan J. Gomes and David WakeChapter 5 Radio over Fiber System Design for Distributed Broadband Wireless Systems (pages 91–112): David Wake and Nathan J. GomesChapter 6 Optical Network Architectures for the Support of Future Wireless Systems (pages 113–132): Silvia Pato and Joao PedroChapter 7 Optical Transmitters for Low?Cost Broadband Transport (pages 133–158): Guilhem de Valicourt, Romain Brenot, Frederic Van Dijk and Guanghua DuanChapter 8 Algorithms for Coordinated Multipoint Techniques (pages 159–189): Fabian Diehm, Mohamed Kamoun and Gerhard FettweisChapter 9 Cross?Layer Resource Allocation and Scheduling (pages 191–210): Ilkka Harjula, Mikko Hiivala, Vinay Uday Prabhu, Dimitris Toumpakaris and Huiling ZhuChapter 10 Compensation of Impairments in the Radio over Fiber Infrastructure (pages 211–245): Atso Hekkala, Mika Lasanen, Mikko Hiivala, Luis Vieira, Nathan J. Gomes, Vincent Kotzsch and Gerhard FettweisChapter 11 Radio over Fiber Network Management (pages 247–263): Carlos Santiago, Bodhisattwa Gangopadhyay and Artur ArsenioChapter 12 System?Level Evaluation (pages 265–290): Ramiro Samano?Robles and Atilio GameiroChapter 13 Business Evaluation and Perspectives (pages 291–312): George Agapiou, Vitor Simoes Ribeiro, Angela Maria Ferro Venturi, Silmar Freire Palmeira and A. Manuel de Oliveira DuarteChapter 14 Summary and Conclusions (pages 313–316): Paulo P. Monteiro, Atilio Gameiro and Nathan J. Gomes