Fiber-wireless (Fi-Wi) architectural technologies: A survey

The paper aims to present various architectural technologies of Fiber-Wireless (Fi-Wi) networks, based on previous and current interest of researchers. Fi-Wi networks recently become more powerful & impactful in the access technology solution & prototypes. The survey overviews the architectural knowledge & enabling technologies involved and comparing it with future development of wireless & optical network respectively. Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) transmission is used to achieve high level of integration with simplified wireless base station. On the other hand Radio-and-Fiber (R&F) networks are the most beneficial architecture implementation which is used to build Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) based Fi-Wi networks.

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