Continued progress in both civil and military radio-frequency (RF) digital avionics applications is overstressing the capabilities and reliability of existing RF communication networks based on coaxial cables on board modern aircrafts. Future avionics systems will require high-bandwidth on-board communication links that are lightweight, immune to electromagnetic interference, and highly reliabl...

By applying fast sweeping of the laser wavelength at the headend station and a multipassband optical filter at the antenna stations, multi-GHz radio signals can be distributed cost-effectively using GIPOF links in a wireless LAN. Data signal transparency and simple antenna stations are obtained. First simulations have shown the feasibility of the system concept. Introduction Wireless LANs are m...