A Hybrid CATV/16-QAM-OFDM In-House Network Over SMF and GI-POF/VLC Transport

Author

Chun-Yu Lin ; Chung-Yi Li ; Hai-Han Lu ; Ching-Hung Chang ; Peng-Chun Peng ; Chia-Rung Lin ; Jian-Hua Chen

Author_Institution

Inst. of Electro-Opt. Eng., Nat. Taipei Univ. of Technol., Taipei, Taiwan

Volume

27

Issue

5

fYear

2015

fDate

March1, 1 2015

Firstpage

526

Lastpage

529

Abstract

This letter proposes and experimentally demonstrates a hybrid cable television (CATV)/16-quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM)-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) in-house network over a combined 40 km single-mode fiber, 1.43 km photonic crystal fiber, and 30 m graded index-plastic optical fiber/5 m visible light communication transport. Good performances of carrier-to-noise ratio, composite second-order, and composite triple-beat are obtained for the CATV signal. A low bit error rate value is achieved for the 16-QAM-OFDM signal.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; cable television; error statistics; gradient index optics; holey fibres; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; passive optical networks; photonic crystals; quadrature amplitude modulation; 16-QAM-OFDM signal; CATV signal; GI-POF/VLC transport; SMF; bit error rate value; carrier-to-noise ratio; combined single-mode fiber; composite second-order beat; composite triple-beat; graded index-plastic optical fiber/visible light communication transport; hybrid CATV/16-QAM-OFDM in-house network; hybrid cable television/16-quadrature amplitude modulation-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing in-house network; photonic crystal fiber; size 1.43 km; size 30 m; size 40 km; Bit error rate; OFDM; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Graded index-plastic optical fiber; in-house network; visible light communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2014.2384505

Filename

6994225