Abstract:In this paper, the characterization of a perfluorinated graded-index polymer optical fiber (PF-GIPOF) for a high-bitrate indoor optical wireless system is reported. PF-GIPOF is used here to interconnect different optical wireless access points that distribute optical free-space high-bitrate wireless communication cells. The PF-GIPOF channel is first studied in terms of transmission attenuation and frequency response and, in a second step, the spatial power profile distribution at the fiber output is analyzed. Both character-izations are performed under varying restricted mode launch conditions, enabling us to assess the trans-mission channel performance subject to potential connectorization errors within an environment where the end users may intervene by themselves on the home network infrastructure.