A Novel Passive Optical Network Architecture Supporting Seamless Integration of RoF and OFDMA Signals

Author

Yu-Min Lin ; Po-Lung Tien ; Yuang, M.C. ; Lee, S.S.W. ; Chen, J. ; Shing-Yu Chen ; Yi-Min Huang ; Ju-Lin Shih ; Chih-Hung Hsu

Author_Institution

Inf. & Commun. Res. Labs., Ind. Technol. Res. Inst., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

22

Issue

6

fYear

2010

fDate

3/15/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

419

Lastpage

421

Abstract

In this letter, we propose a novel passive optical network (PON) architecture supporting radio-over-fiber signals and orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) PON signals. The architecture transports upstream multiple remote antenna´s wireless signals using only one upstream wavelength. In addition, the windowed-orthogonal frequency-division-multiplexing technique is employed to mitigate interference during the integration process. Experimental results shows that 10-Gb/s OFDMA and three radio-frequency signals at 2.1 GHz are successfully transmitted over 20-km single-mode fiber in a 32-optical-network-unit PON.

Keywords

frequency division multiplexing; microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; radio-over-fibre; radiofrequency interference; OFDM signals; RF signals; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; distance 20 km; frequency 2.1 GHz; orthogonal frequency-division multiple access; passive optical network; radio-over-fiber signals; radiofrequency interference; radiofrequency signals; Broadband antennas; Circulators; Interference; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; RF signals; Radio frequency; Optical fiber communication; optical modulation; orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA); passive optical network (PON); radio frequency (RF); radio-over-fiber (RoF);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2010.2040270

Filename

5401103