Efficient BER Estimation for Electrical QAM Signal in Radio-Over-Fiber Transmission

Author

Louchet, Hadrien ; Kuzmin, Konstantin ; Richter, André

Author_Institution

VPIphotonics, Berlin

Volume

20

Issue

2

fYear

2008

Firstpage

144

Lastpage

146

Abstract

We present a novel bit-error-rate estimation method for electrical subcarrier multiplexed signals using quadrature amplitude modulation. This method accounts for noise and intermodulation distortions occurring in fiber-based transmissions and thus provides a quick and reliable alternative to Monte Carlo simulations to assess the performance of radio-over-fiber transmission with numerical simulation.

Keywords

Monte Carlo methods; error statistics; intermodulation distortion; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; radio-over-fibre; subcarrier multiplexing; BER estimation method; Monte Carlo simulations; bit-error-rate estimation method; electrical QAM signal; electrical subcarrier multiplexed signals; intermodulation distortions; noise distortion; quadrature amplitude modulation; radio-over-fiber transmission; Additive white noise; Bit error rate; Gaussian noise; Intermodulation distortion; Nonlinear distortion; Nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Bit-error-rate (BER) estimation; error statistics; microwave photonics; nonlinear distortion; optical noise; quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM); radio-over-fiber (RoF); subcarrier multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.912536

Filename

4427291