A distributed multi-drop base station/repeating unit using an extension of
analog optical transmission in a mobile communication system. The base
station unit comprises a main unit for performing functions of a mobile
communication base station, and a plurality of remote units cascaded to
the main unit on a sector basis. Each of the remote units is adapted to,
in a forward mode, receive an analog optical signal, perform a
photoelectric conversion operation for the received analog optical
signal, split the resulting electrical RF signal into electrical RF
signals of two paths, amplify the electrical RF signal of one of the two
paths, perform an electrophotic conversion operation for the amplified
electrical RF signal, transmit the resulting optical signal, amplify the
electrical RF signal of the other path and transmit the amplified
electrical RF signal to an associated terminal, and to, in a backward
mode, receive an analog optical signal, perform the photoelectric
conversion operation for the received analog optical signal, amplify the
resulting electrical RF signal, couple the amplified electrical RF signal
with its own electrical RF signal, perform the electrophotic conversion
operation for the coupled result and transmit the resulting optical
signal.