Next generation wireless communications using radio over fiber / Nathan J. Gomes, Paulo Monteiro, Atilio Gameiro, editors.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Background and introduction / Paulo P. Monteiro, Atílio Gameiro and Nathan J. Gomes -- Trends in wireless communications / Aarne Mämmelä, Mika Lasanen and Jarno Pinola -- System concepts for the central processing of signals / Atílico Gameiro and Daniel Castanheira -- Introduction to radio over fiber / Nathan J. Gomes and David Wake -- Radio over fiber system design for distributed broadband wireless systems / David Wake and Nathan J. Gomes -- Optical network architectures for the support of future wireless systems / Sílvia Pato and João Pedro -- Optical transmitters for low-cost broadband transport / Guilhem de Valicourt, Romain Brenot, Frédéric Van Dijk and Guanghua Duan -- Algorithms for coordinated multipoint techniques / Fabian Diehm, Mohamed Kamoun and Gerhard Fettweis -- Cross-layer resource allocation and scheduling / Ilkka Harjula [and others] -- Compensation of impairments in the radio over fiber infrastructure / Atso Hekkala [and others] -- Radio over fiber network management / Carlos Santiago, Bodhisattwa Gangopadhyay and Artur Arsénio -- System-level evaluation / Ramiro Sámano-Robles and Atílio Gameiro -- Business evaluation and perspectives / George Agapiou [and others] -- Summary and conclusions / Paulo P. Monteiro, Atílio Gameiro and Nathan J. Gomes.