Title :
Full-duplex transmission of 256-QAM WiMAX signals over an 80-km long-reach PON
Author :
Prince, Kamau ; Osadchiy, Alexey V. ; Monroy, I. Tafur
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Photonics Eng., Tech. Univ. of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Abstract :
We present bi-directional transmission of WiMAX-compliant signaling over an 80-km PON, using a single optical wavelength. Colorless, bi-directional transmission of 256-QAM modulation on a 2.4-GHz RF carrier was achieved at 100-Mb/s (downlink) and 64-Mb/s (uplink).
Keywords :
WiMax; optical fibre networks; quadrature amplitude modulation; radio-over-fibre; wavelength division multiplexing; QAM modulation; RF carrier; RoF transmission; WDM transmission; WiMAX signal; bi-directional transmission; bit rate 100 Mbit/s; bit rate 64 Mbit/s; distance 80 km; frequency 2.4 GHz; full-duplex transmission; long-reach PON; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber devices; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical signal processing; Passive optical networks; RF signals; Radio frequency; Stimulated emission; WiMAX;
Conference_Titel :
LEOS Annual Meeting Conference Proceedings, 2009. LEOS '09. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Belek-Antalya
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3680-4
Electronic_ISBN :
1092-8081
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2009.5343145
