Radio over Fiber Technology – A Review

Wireless network based on Radio over Fiber (RoF) technology has been proposed as a promising cost effective solution to meet ever increasing user bandwidth and wireless demands in broadband, interactive, and multimedia wireless services. In recent years, considerable attention has been devoted to the merging of radio frequency and optical fiber technologies aiming to increase the capacity and mobility of the access network. Since, it was first demonstrated for cordless or mobile telephone service in 1990, a lot of research has been carried out to investigate its limitations and develop new and high performance RoF technologies. This paper gives the comprehensive review of radio over fiber technology used in communication system. Architecture, applications, advantages and limitations of RoF technology are also discussed in this paper.