Coherent optical wireless: An alternative technology for broadband indoor communications

Author

Margariti, Katerina ; Kamalakis, T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Telematics, Harokopio Univ. of Athens, Athens, Greece

fYear

2014

fDate

6-10 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

Coherent detection technology which is commonplace in optical fiber-based systems, may serve as a means to compensate for path loss in line-of-sight and diffuse optical wireless systems. In this study, a high-speed optical wireless communication system based on coherent detection is investigated. Our analysis includes the laser phase noise which, to the extent of our knowledge, has not been adequately addressed in the literature in the field of optical wireless. Our results indicate that coherent detection may significantly alleviate the power budget of line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight configurations. It can enable Gbps wireless data transmission under moderate transmission powers compliant with eye safety regulations and the operational properties of optical transmitters typically found in the commercial marketplace.

Keywords

broadband networks; indoor radio; laser noise; optical fibre networks; optical transmitters; phase noise; radio networks; broadband indoor communication; coherent detection wireless technology; diffuse optical wireless system; high-speed optical wireless communication system; laser phase noise; line-of-sight configuration; nonline-of-sight configuration; optical fiber-based system; optical transmitter; transmission power moderation; wireless data transmission; Coherence; Integrated optics; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Wireless communication; coherent detection; laser phase noise; optical communication; wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Graz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876575

Filename

6876575