The growing importance of wireless communications has been driving the research and development of advanced network architectures to enable the cost-effective support of large numbers of users at very high data rates. In this context, the FUTON project aims to fulfil the objectives of the so-called 4th Generation (4G) wireless communications through an innovative Distributed Antenna System (DAS) with centralize...
An overview of the FUTON project is presented, with emphasis on the optical link design for radio-over-fiber communication and virtual-MIMO functionalities between multiple remote antenna units and a centralized processing site.