Radio-Over-Fiber Enabled Evaluation of Coverage and Capacity in Indoor mmWave Communication

IF 2.4 3区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters Pub Date : 2026-02-17 DOI:10.1109/LPT.2026.3665804

Ye Zhou;Mingxu Wang;Jiali Chen;Xin Lu;Yifan Chen;Wen Zhou;Kaihui Wang;Jianjun Yu

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Abstract

Recent advances in mobile networks increasingly rely on high-frequency bands such as millimeter-wave (mmWave) to deliver multi-gigabit data rates. Photonics-assisted wireless technology further enhances system performance with ultra-high bandwidth, large capacity, and extended reach. This letter experimentally verifies an indoor WiFi coverage system supported by Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) based on an omnidirectional antenna, systematically testing the WiFi communication characteristics of 60 GHz millimeter waves in complex indoor environments. Comparative experiments were conducted in line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) scenarios, with extensive empirical measurements and performance evaluations performed at 25 different indoor receiving locations. Experimental results demonstrate that the RoF-supported millimeter-wave WiFi architecture possesses good coverage capabilities and communication feasibility in complex indoor environments. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic experimental verification of the feasibility of millimeter-wave WiFi coverage in a real-world complex indoor scenario, providing a practically valuable reference solution for high-capacity, high-speed indoor wireless access towards future the sixth generation (6G).

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基于光纤的室内毫米波通信覆盖和容量评估

移动网络的最新进展越来越依赖于毫米波（mmWave）等高频频段来提供千兆数据速率。光子学辅助无线技术以超高带宽、大容量和扩展范围进一步提高系统性能。本文通过实验验证了一种基于全向天线的RoF （Radio-over-Fiber）支持的室内WiFi覆盖系统，系统测试了60ghz毫米波在复杂室内环境下的WiFi通信特性。在视线（LOS）和非视线（NLOS）场景下进行了比较实验，并在25个不同的室内接收位置进行了广泛的经验测量和性能评估。实验结果表明，基于rof的毫米波WiFi架构在复杂的室内环境下具有良好的覆盖能力和通信可行性。据我们所知，这是首次在真实复杂的室内场景中系统验证毫米波WiFi覆盖可行性的实验，为面向未来第六代（6G）的高容量、高速室内无线接入提供了具有实际价值的参考解决方案。

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IEEE Photonics Technology Letters 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

5.00

自引率

3.80%

发文量

404

审稿时长

2.0 months

期刊介绍： IEEE Photonics Technology Letters addresses all aspects of the IEEE Photonics Society Constitutional Field of Interest with emphasis on photonic/lightwave components and applications, laser physics and systems and laser/electro-optics technology. Examples of subject areas for the above areas of concentration are integrated optic and optoelectronic devices, high-power laser arrays (e.g. diode, CO2), free electron lasers, solid, state lasers, laser materials'' interactions and femtosecond laser techniques. The letters journal publishes engineering, applied physics and physics oriented papers. Emphasis is on rapid publication of timely manuscripts. A goal is to provide a focal point of quality engineering-oriented papers in the electro-optics field not found in other rapid-publication journals.