Method for operating an electro-optical transmission device for arbitrary signals, computer program product and data transmission device

An apparatus for electro-optical transmission for a motor vehicle, comprising:

• at least one base unit comprising an optical signal source;
• and
• an antenna unit operatively coupled to the at least one base unit, wherein the at least one base unit is configured to
• generate an optical carrier signal via an optical signal source of a base unit of the electro-optical transmission device;
• generate an arbitrary signal via the optical signal source, the arbitrary signal comprising a modulated signal carrying data or radar information;
• modulate the arbitrary signal onto the optical carrier signal in the base unit, to form a transmission signal;
• transmit the transmission signal to an antenna unit of the electro-optical transmission device via an optical transmission medium;
• and
• separate the arbitrary signal and the carrier signal in the antenna unit.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including program instructions on a storage medium, the instructions when that executed by a processor configured for electro-optical transmission for a motor vehicle, causes the processor to perform:

• generating an optical carrier signal via an optical signal source of a base unit of the electro-optical transmission device;
• generating an arbitrary signal via the optical signal source, the arbitrary signal comprising a modulated signal carrying data or radar information v;
• modulating the arbitrary signal onto the optical carrier signal in the base unit, to form a transmission signal;
• transmitting the transmission signal to an antenna unit of the electro-optical transmission device via an optical transmission medium;
• and
• separating the arbitrary signal and the carrier signal in the antenna unit.