Full-duplex DOCSIS/wirelessDOCSIS Small-Scale Field Trial Employing Hybrid Fibre Radio Systems

Author

Pfrommer, H. ; Piqueras, M.A. ; Polo, V. ; Marti, J.

Author_Institution

Nanophotonics Technol. Center, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia

fYear

2006

fDate

11-16 June 2006

Firstpage

26

Lastpage

29

Abstract

The simultaneous wireline (600 MHz) and wireless (5.5 GHz) transmission of data over cable service interface specification (DOCSIS) signals in a small-scale field trial is reported. The deployed network consists of a 4.2 km fiber link which is part of one CATV operator network infrastructure, a 370 m radio link and an indoor cable distribution network. At the central station (CS), the DOCSIS signal wireless replica is generated by means of an optical harmonic up-conversion technique based on a dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator (DD-MZM). The optical signal is fed to a base station (BS) where a packaged asymmetric Fabry-Perot modulator/detector (AFPM) acts simultaneously as a photodetector and an optical modulator. At the BS, the DOCSIS signals are fed either to a wireline or a wireless access network, in a highly flexible approach. Full-duplex operation has been demonstrated for both access types

Keywords

cable television; hybrid fibre coax networks; indoor radio; modulators; optical links; radio access networks; radio links; radio-over-fibre; 370 m; 4.2 km; 5.5 GHz; 600 MHz; CATV operator network infrastructure; DD-MZM; DOCSIS signals; asymmetric Fabry-Perot modulator/detector; base station; central station; data over cable service interface specification signals; dual-drive Mach-Zehnder modulator; fiber link; full-duplex DOCSIS; hybrid fibre radio systems; indoor cable distribution network; optical harmonic up-conversion technique; optical modulator; optical signal; photodetector; radio link; small-scale field trial; wireless DOCSIS; wireless access network; wireline access network; Base stations; Communication cables; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Optical fiber cables; Optical harmonic generation; Optical modulation; Packaging; Power cables; Radio link; Signal generators; asymmetric fabry-perot modulator; broadband access networks; frequency conversion; hybrid fiber-wireless access networks; microwave photonics; radio-on-fiber;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave Symposium Digest, 2006. IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

ISSN

0149-645X

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9541-7

Electronic_ISBN

0149-645X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MWSYM.2006.249899

Filename

4014808