Towards converged broadband wired and wireless in-home optical networks

Author

Visani, D. ; Tartarini, G. ; Shi, Y. ; Yang, H. ; Okonkwo, C.M. ; Tangdiongga, E. ; Koonen, A.M.J.

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettron., Inf. e Sist., Univ. degli Studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy

fYear

2011

fDate

8-10 Feb. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

In this paper we present an in-home optical network infrastructure based on 1 mm core diameter graded-index plastic optical fibre. A combined transmission of a multi-gigabit baseband data stream, based on discrete multitone modulation, and a radio frequency signal, based on ultra wideband technology, is shown. A detailed experimental study on the performance of the two types of signals in the combined transmission is carried out in order to demonstrate the feasibility of a converged wired and wireless in-home network using plastic optical fibre.

Keywords

broadband networks; optical fibre networks; radio-over-fibre; ultra wideband technology; converged broadband wired networks; discrete multitone modulation; graded-index plastic optical fibre; multigigabit baseband data stream; radiofrequency signal; size 1 mm; ultrawideband technology; wireless in-home optical networks; Bandwidth; Frequency modulation; OFDM; Optical fibers; Plastics; Signal to noise ratio; Wireless communication; Home communication systems; Optical fibre communication; Plastic optical fibre; Radio over fibre;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2011 15th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bologna

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9596-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-3-901882-42-5

Type

conf

Filename

5753399