Real-Time Q-Band OFDM-RoF Systems With Optical Heterodyning and Envelope Detection for Downlink Transmission

We experimentally demonstrate a real-time optical heterodyning and envelope detection-enabled orthogonal frequency-division-multiplexing-based Q-band radio-over-fiber (OFDM-RoF) system. Envelope-detector-based down-conversion is applied to the mobile terminal (MT), which makes MT insensitive to the...

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Main Authors: Ming Chen, Jianjun Yu, Xin Xiao
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2017-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7869360/
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Jianjun Yu
Xin Xiao
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Xin Xiao
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description We experimentally demonstrate a real-time optical heterodyning and envelope detection-enabled orthogonal frequency-division-multiplexing-based Q-band radio-over-fiber (OFDM-RoF) system. Envelope-detector-based down-conversion is applied to the mobile terminal (MT), which makes MT insensitive to the phase noise of the beating millimeter wave signal and enables the generation of RoF signals using two free-running non-narrow line-width distributed feedback lasers in the central office. The error-free transmission real-time Reed-Solomon- coded 16-quadrature-amplitude modulation(16-QAM)-OFDM-RoF signals with a net bit rate of 1.2 Gb/s at 35/40 GHz over 4.5-km single-mode fiber (SMF) and 0.8-m wireless distance is reported in this paper. Additionally, the transmission performance of the signals at 35 GHz with the net bit rate from 1.5 to 5.9 Gb/s is also investigated by offline digital signal processing approaches. It indicates that the BER of the signal with the net rate up to 4.4 Gb/s after the SMF and wireless link transmission is below a 7% hard-decision forward error correction (FEC) threshold of 3.8 &#x00D7; 10<sup>-3</sup>.
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spelling doaj.art-2a525bbba7da4b2db13bf19267b9bad62022-12-21T22:44:46ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552017-01-01921710.1109/JPHOT.2017.26718707869360Real-Time Q-Band OFDM-RoF Systems With Optical Heterodyning and Envelope Detection for Downlink TransmissionMing Chen0Jianjun Yu1Xin Xiao2ZTE (TX) Inc., Morristown, NJ, USACollege of Physics and Information Science, Hunan Normal University, Changsha, ChinaZTE (TX) Inc., Morristown, NJ, USAWe experimentally demonstrate a real-time optical heterodyning and envelope detection-enabled orthogonal frequency-division-multiplexing-based Q-band radio-over-fiber (OFDM-RoF) system. Envelope-detector-based down-conversion is applied to the mobile terminal (MT), which makes MT insensitive to the phase noise of the beating millimeter wave signal and enables the generation of RoF signals using two free-running non-narrow line-width distributed feedback lasers in the central office. The error-free transmission real-time Reed-Solomon- coded 16-quadrature-amplitude modulation(16-QAM)-OFDM-RoF signals with a net bit rate of 1.2 Gb/s at 35/40 GHz over 4.5-km single-mode fiber (SMF) and 0.8-m wireless distance is reported in this paper. Additionally, the transmission performance of the signals at 35 GHz with the net bit rate from 1.5 to 5.9 Gb/s is also investigated by offline digital signal processing approaches. It indicates that the BER of the signal with the net rate up to 4.4 Gb/s after the SMF and wireless link transmission is below a 7% hard-decision forward error correction (FEC) threshold of 3.8 &#x00D7; 10<sup>-3</sup>.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7869360/Radio over fiber (RoF)orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)Q-bandoptical heterodyningenvelope detection.
spellingShingle Ming Chen
Jianjun Yu
Xin Xiao
Real-Time Q-Band OFDM-RoF Systems With Optical Heterodyning and Envelope Detection for Downlink Transmission
IEEE Photonics Journal
Radio over fiber (RoF)
orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
Q-band
optical heterodyning
envelope detection.
title Real-Time Q-Band OFDM-RoF Systems With Optical Heterodyning and Envelope Detection for Downlink Transmission
title_full Real-Time Q-Band OFDM-RoF Systems With Optical Heterodyning and Envelope Detection for Downlink Transmission
title_fullStr Real-Time Q-Band OFDM-RoF Systems With Optical Heterodyning and Envelope Detection for Downlink Transmission
title_full_unstemmed Real-Time Q-Band OFDM-RoF Systems With Optical Heterodyning and Envelope Detection for Downlink Transmission
title_short Real-Time Q-Band OFDM-RoF Systems With Optical Heterodyning and Envelope Detection for Downlink Transmission
title_sort real time q band ofdm rof systems with optical heterodyning and envelope detection for downlink transmission
topic Radio over fiber (RoF)
orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)
Q-band
optical heterodyning
envelope detection.
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7869360/
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