UWB radio over perfluorinated GI-POF for low-cost in-building networks

Author

Oliveira, J.M.B. ; Silva, S. ; Pessoa, L.M. ; Coelho, D. ; Salgado, H.M. ; Castro, J.C.S.

Author_Institution

INESC Porto, Univ. do Porto, Porto, Portugal

fYear

2010

Firstpage

317

Lastpage

320

Abstract

This paper presents a performance evaluation of a multiband-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) ultra-wideband (UWB) signal transmission over two types of perfluorinated graded-index polymer optical fibers (PF-GI-POFs) with diameters of 62.5 μm and 120 μm, using a low-cost optical transceiver. Experimental measurements of packet error rate (PER) and minimum transmitted powers to achieve the maximum allowed PER show that it is possible to have a viable transmission at data rates of 480 Mbps, 200 Mbps and 53.3 Mbps over 100, 150 and 200 meters of PF-GI-POF, respectively, preceded by a 1 meter wireless link.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; gradient index optics; optical fibre communication; optical transceivers; radio links; ultra wideband communication; UWB radio; bit rate 200 Mbit/s; bit rate 480 Mbit/s; bit rate 53.3 Mbit/s; low-cost in-building network; multiband-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing ultra-wideband signal transmission; optical transceiver; packet error rate; perfluorinated graded-index polymer optical fiber; performance evaluation; size 120 mum; size 62.5 mum; wireless link; Attenuation; Bandwidth; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber communication; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2010 IEEE Topical Meeting on

Conference_Location

Montreal, QC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-7824-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWP.2010.5664677

Filename

5664677