A Hybrid WDM Lightwave Transport System Based on Fiber-Wireless and Fiber-VLLC Convergences

Author

Cheng-Ling Ying ; Chung-Yi Li ; Hai-Han Lu ; Ching-Hung Chang ; Jian-Hua Chen ; Jun-Ren Zheng

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., JinWen Univ. of Sci. & Technol., New Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

6

Issue

6

fYear

2014

fDate

Dec. 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

9

Abstract

A hybrid wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) lightwave transport system for millimeter-wave (MMW)/microwave (MW)/baseband (BB) signals that are transmission based on fiber-wireless and fiber-visible laser light communication (VLLC) convergences is proposed and demonstrated. A broadband light source with an optical signal-to-noise ratio enhancement scheme in a hybrid lightwave transport system is employed. Light is optically promoted from a 5-Gbps/15-GHz RF data signal to 5-Gbps/60-GHz MMW and 5-Gbps/30-GHz MW data signals in fiber-wireless convergence. Light is also optically demoted from a 5-Gbps/15-GHz RF data signal to a 5-Gbps data stream in fiber-VLLC convergence. Over a 40-km single-mode fiber and a 4-m RF wireless/a 10-m free-space VLLC transmission, bit error rate performs impressively for 60-GHz MMW, 30-GHz MW, and 5-Gbps BB signal transmission. Such a hybrid WDM lightwave transport system could have practical applications for fiber-wireless and fiber-VLLC convergences to provide broadband integrated services.

Keywords

error statistics; optical fibre communication; wavelength division multiplexing; BB signal transmission; bit error rate; bit rate 5 Gbit/s; broadband light source; distance 4 m; distance 40 km; fiber-VLLC convergence; fiber-wireless convergence; frequency 15 GHz; frequency 30 GHz; frequency 60 GHz; hybrid WDM lightwave transport system; optical signal-to-noise ratio enhancement; single-mode fiber; Optical amplifiers; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Wavelength division multiplexing; Fiber-VLLC convergence; fiber-wireless convergence; hybrid lightwave transport systems; wavelength-division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1943-0655

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPHOT.2014.2366124

Filename

6957639