Impact of the band selector detuning on DD multi-band OFDM virtual-carrier assisted metro network performance

Author

Mendes, Luis M. M. ; Cruz, Pedro E. D. ; Alves, Tiago M. F. ; Cartaxo, Adolfo V. T.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal

fYear

2014

fDate

6-10 July 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

The impact of the band selector (BS) detuning on multi-band (MB) orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals performance employing virtual-carriers in direct-detection networks is assessed through numerical simulation. Two, three and four-band MB-OFDM systems operating at 42.8 Gb/s are optimized for a Gaussian BS and its performance is compared with the one of a higher selectivity (2-nd order super Gaussian) BS. It is shown that the MB-OFDM system presents a maximum error vector magnitude (EVM) penalty of 1 dB for a BS frequency detuning range of 1.5 GHz, and a EVM difference lower than 1 dB is obtained between the two considered BS.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; metropolitan area networks; numerical analysis; DD multiband OFDM virtual carrier assisted metro network performance; band selector detuning; direct detection networks; maximum error vector magnitude; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; virtual carriers; Amplitude modulation; Bandwidth; Crosstalk; Integrated optics; OFDM; Optical filters; Radio spectrum management; Metropolitan networks; direct detection; multi-band; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; single sideband;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2014 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Graz

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2014.6876347

Filename

6876347