Standardization of Radio-over-Fiber Systems

Standardization activities related to radio-over-fiber (RoF) technologies and systems have been performed in some standardization organizations, such as the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the Asia-Pacific Telecommunity (APT), and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). In this chapter, at first, major terminologies, which are used in the standardization documents related to RoF technologies and systems, are described. Next, general requirements for RoF systems and standardized RoF systems are addressed. Then, standardized device measurement methods of E/O and O/E conversion devices are explained.