Transport of 8??2.5-Gb/s Wireless Signals over Optical Millimeter Wave through 12 Straight-Line WSSs and 160-km Fiber for Advanced DWDM Metro Networks

Author

Zhensheng Jia ; Jianjun Yu ; Lei Zong ; Gee-Kung Chang

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA, USA

fYear

2008

fDate

24-28 Feb. 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

3

Abstract

We experimentally show the first demonstration of a novel optical-wireless network by using WSS-based ROADMs in advanced DWDM metro networks. 8×2.5-Gb/s wireless signals are successfully transmitted over 160-km fiber with <;1.5-dB penalty in 12-cascaded WSSs networks.

Keywords

metropolitan area networks; multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical switches; radio-over-fibre; wavelength division multiplexing; 12-cascaded WSS network; DWDM metro networks; bit rate 2.5 Gbit/s; distance 160 km; optical millimeter wave; optical wavelength selective switch; optical-wireless network; reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers; straight-line WSS based ROADM; wireless signal transport; Millimeter wave technology; Network topology; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical switches; RF signals; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

Print_ISBN

978-1-55752-856-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2008.4528376

Filename

4528376