Review of Glass and Polymer Multimode Fibers Used in a Wimedia Ultrawideband MB-OFDM Radio Over Fiber System

Author

Lethien, Christophe ; Loyez, Christophe ; Vilcot, Jean-Pierre ; Kassi, Rédha ; Rolland, Nathalie ; Sion, Cathy ; Rolland, Paul-Alain

Author_Institution

Inst. d´´Electron., de Microelectron. et de Nanotechnol. (IEMN), Univ. des Sci. et Technol. de Lille, Villeneuve-d´´Ascq

Volume

27

Issue

10

fYear

2009

fDate

5/15/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1320

Lastpage

1331

Abstract

In this paper, we have exhibited the potential of the glass- and polymer-based multimode fibers to be used in a radio over fiber (ROF) system in order to extend the indoor coverage of the Wimedia multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) ultrawideband (UWB) standard. After the design of a test setup operating at 850 nm, we have performed the physical characterization of the ROF system especially the mask test compliance, the error vector magnitude (EVM), or the relative constellation error (RCE) variation as a function of the system parameters [radio frequency (RF) power, optical attenuation, fiber length, laser bias current]. The transmission performance of both 200 and 480 Mb/s Wimedia signals is demonstrated through a 100 m link length of glass- and polymer-based multimode fibers: transmission penalties are quantified by RCE with values under the standard requirements. Two different behaviors depending on the core material of the fiber have been identified in this study.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; indoor communication; optical fibre testing; optical glass; optical modulation; optical polymers; radio-over-fibre; ultra wideband communication; EVM; MB-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; RCE; ROF system; Wimedia multiband OFDM; bit rate 200 Mbit/s; bit rate 480 Mbit/s; error vector magnitude; glass-based multimode fiber; mask test compliance; polymer-based multimode fiber; radio-over-fiber system; relative constellation error; size 100 m; ultrawideband standard; wavelength 850 nm; Error vector magnitude (EVM); multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM); polymer fiber; radio over multimode fiber; relative constellation error (RCE); ultrawideband (UWB);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2009.2013217

Filename

4840393