Chettat, HichemMokhtar, Simohamed LotfyBouslimani, YassineHamam, Habib2020-01-302020-01-3020082008Chettat, H., Simohamed, L. M., Bouslimani, Y., & Hamam, H. (2008). RoF networks: A comprehensive study. In 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing, ISWPC 2008, Proceedings (pp. 495–498). https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWPC.2008.45562579781424416530http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISWPC.2008.4556257https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12519/98This conference paper is not available at CUD collection. The version of scholarly record of this conference paper is published in 2008 3rd International Symposium on Wireless Pervasive Computing (2008), available online at: https://doi.org/10.1109/ISWPC.2008.4556257.We present a comparative study of different Fiber-Wireless networks with regards to their applications, architecture, hardware complexity, development costs, offered services and allocated bandwidths. While spectral resources and high data-rates are incessantly requested, these Radio over Fiber (RoF) networks have been proposed to overcome limitation in bandwidth. They take advantage of the spectral potential of millimeter-waves bands. Due to their flexibility, RoF links may be designed for a transparent transport of analog or digital signals. Several applications, based on point to point or point to multi points links, are here reviewed. Trends and prospects for these networks are also explored. © 2008 IEEE.enPermission to reuse abstract has been secured from Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.Broadband wireless accessInternational symposiumMicro-cellsMillimeter-wave communicationsRadio over fiberWireless networksConference PaperCopyright : 2008 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.