DocumentCode
600449
Title
Impact of out-of-band interferers on MB-OFDM UWB transmission in radio over fiber systems
Author
Hraimel, B. ; Xiupu Zhang ; Luo Ma
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Concordia Univ., Montreal, QC, Canada
fYear
2012
fDate
4-8 March 2012
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
We experimentally investigate the impact of out of band interferers on the performance of multiband OFDM UWB signal transmission in RoF systems. An acceptable EVM and ACPR of -17 dB and -20 dB can be achieved even after shifting by 30% from the optimum quadrature bias. Further improvement of EVM and ACPR can be achieved by using mixed polarization technique even under strong interference level when the bias is shifted near minimum transmission.
Keywords
OFDM modulation; radio-over-fibre; radiofrequency interference; ultra wideband technology; ACPR; EVM; MB-OFDM; UWB signal transmission; interference level; minimum transmission; multiband OFDM; optimum quadrature bias; out-of-band interferers; radio over fiber systems; Bandwidth; OFDM; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber polarization; Radio frequency; Voltage measurement;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4673-0262-3
Type
conf
Filename
6476272
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