Title :
Multistandard Transmission Over Plastic Optical Fiber
Author :
Bouhamri, Zine ; Le Guennec, Yannis ; Duchamp, Jean-Marc ; Maury, Ghislaine ; Schimpf, Armin ; Dobremez, Vincent ; Bidaux, Ludovic ; Cabon, Béatrice
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Microelectron., Electromagn. & Photonics, INP-Minatec Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Abstract :
This paper describes a multistandard fiber fed wireless system, which provides low-cost and enhanced performances regarding laser nonlinearity and RF transmitted power. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed scheme provides not only optimized performances for low cost coming both from plastic optical fiber and vertical cavity surface emitting lasers (VCSELs), but also optimization of RF modulation power by complementary cumulative distribution function analysis and enhanced linear behavior by a whole new quasi-static approach of the VCSEL. With the help of those features, we successfully demonstrate minimization of error vector magnitude for simultaneous ultra-wideband multiband-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing and wireless local area network 802.11g optically transmitted signals and the possibility to use this system under conditions for symmetrical wireless communication.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; radio-over-fibre; surface emitting lasers; telecommunication standards; wireless LAN; 802.11g; RF modulation power; RF transmitted power; VCSEL; complementary cumulative distribution function analysis; enhanced linear behavior; error vector magnitude; laser nonlinearity; multistandard fiber fed wireless system; multistandard transmission; optically transmitted signals; plastic optical fiber; quasistatic approach; simultaneous ultra-wideband multiband-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; symmetrical wireless communication; vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; wireless local area network; Current measurement; Modulation; Optical fibers; Radio frequency; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; Wireless LAN; Complementary cumulative distribution function (CCDF); error vector magnitude (EVM); multiband-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB-OFDM) ultra-wideband (UWB); plastic optical fiber (POF); radio-over-fiber (RoF); vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL); wireless local area network (WLAN);
Journal_Title :
Microwave Theory and Techniques, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TMTT.2010.2075491