A Convergent Wireline and Wireless Time-and-Wavelength-Division-Multiplexed Passive Optical Network

Author

Chow, C.W. ; Sung, J.Y. ; Yeh, C.H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Photonics & Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

7

Issue

3

fYear

2015

fDate

42156

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a convergent wireline and wireless access network using time-and-wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network (TWDM-PON) architecture. Bidirectional 40-km single-mode-fiber transmissions (including the 60-GHz wireless transmission) satisfying the forward error correction limit are demonstrated, with data rates of ~10 Gb/s per wavelength in the downstream signal and 17.50 Gb/s per wavelength in the upstream signal. To achieve higher data rate, bit-loading orthogonal frequency-division modulation was used. We also analyze the laser-linewidth-induced performance variation to the signal generated by optical beating and the baseband signal.

Keywords

forward error correction; passive optical networks; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; baseband signal; bidirectional single-mode-fiber transmissions; bit-loading orthogonal frequency-division modulation; convergent wireline passive optical network; distance 40 km; forward error correction; frequency 60 GHz; laser-linewidth-induced performance variation; optical beating; wireless time-and-wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network; OFDM; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Wireless communication; Optical communications; convergent wireline and wireless network; wavelength-division-multiplex passive optical network (WDM-PON);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Journal, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1943-0655

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPHOT.2015.2440339

Filename

7123713