Distribution of Broadband Services Over 1-mm Core Diameter Plastic Optical Fiber for Point-to-Multipoint In-Home Networks

Author

Yan Shi ; Okonkwo, Chigo ; Visani, D. ; Tangdiongga, E. ; Koonen, Ton

Author_Institution

COBRA Res. Inst., Tech. Univ. of Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands

Volume

31

Issue

6

fYear

2013

fDate

15-Mar-13

Firstpage

874

Lastpage

881

Abstract

This paper presents a point-to-multipoint (P2MP) in-home optical network infrastructure based on 1-mm core diameter plastic optical fiber (POF). By employing passive POF splitters, converged broadband wired and wireless service transmission over a P2MP POF infrastructure is demonstrated. A gross 2.2 Gb/s fractional discrete multitone (DMT) and a 528-MHz ultra wideband (UWB) wireless signal distribution simultaneously to four end-users are successfully achieved with BER <; 10^-3 and EVM <; 15.5% , respectively. Up to 50 m transmission distance is achieved using off-the-shelf optical components. This feasibility study on all-optical P2MP infrastructures presents a promising low-cost solution for high-speed in-home broadband communication.

Keywords

broadband networks; error statistics; optical fibre networks; ultra wideband communication; BER; P2MP POF infrastructure; P2MP in-home optical network infrastructure; P2MP infrastructures; UWB; broadband services distribution; high-speed in-home broadband communication; off-the-shelf optical components; passive POF splitters; plastic optical fiber; point-to-multipoint in-home networks; ultrawideband wireless signal distribution; wireless service transmission; Bandwidth; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Topology; Wireless communication; Home communication systems; plastic optical fiber; point-to-multipoint;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2013.2238888

Filename

6407619