Title :
Experimental demonstration of multi-band upstream in statistical OFDM-PONs and comparison with digital subcarrier assignment
Author :
Cano, Ivan N. ; Escayola, Xavier ; Schindler, Philipp ; Santos, Maria C. ; Polo, Victor ; Leuthold, Juerg ; Prat, Josep
Author_Institution :
Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
A multiband subcarrier allocation scheme is demonstrated for the uplink in a statistical OFDM-PON. Performance achieved is similar to digital subcarrier allocation, with the significant advantage of a lower transmitter complexity.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; optical links; optical transmitters; passive optical networks; statistical analysis; subcarrier multiplexing; digital subcarrier allocation; digital subcarrier assignment; experimental demonstration; multiband subcarrier allocation scheme; multiband upstream; statistical OFDM-PON; transmitter complexity; Bit error rate; Modulation; OFDM; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Radio frequency; Resource management;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.M2I.2
