A passive optical network based on centralized wavelength and bandwidth scalable OFDM signals

Author

Silva, Jair A L ; Coura, Daniel J C ; Barbero, Andrés Pablo Lopez ; Segatto, Marcelo E V

Author_Institution

Dept. de Eng. de Telecomun., Univ. Fed. Fluminense, Niteroi, Brazil

fYear

2009

fDate

June 28 2009-July 2 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a simple and cost-effective bandwidth scalable passive optical network (PON) based on orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (BSOFDM-PON). We report performance analysis in terms of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), bit-error-rate (BER) and error vector magnitude (EVM) of a PON system accommodating 32 optical network units (ONUs). Our simulations have successfully demonstrated that throughput of 35.5 and 53.2 Gbps can be achieved using 16 and 64 QAM, respectively, within a total distance ranging from 20 to 30 km. It gives throughputs of 1.10 and 1.66 Gbps per ONU.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; error statistics; light transmission; optical fibre networks; optical signal detection; bandwidth scalable OFDM signals; bit-error-rate; centralized wavelength; error vector magnitude; optical network units; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; passive optical network; signal-to-noise ratio; Bandwidth; Intersymbol interference; Light sources; OFDM; Optical distortion; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Passive optical networks; Throughput; access network; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; passive optical network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2009. ICTON '09. 11th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Azores

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4825-8

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4827-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2009.5185127

Filename

5185127