Experimental and theoretical investigation of the multiband OFDM ultra-wideband radio over multimode fiber transmission

Author

Ben Ezra, Y. ; Lembrikov, B.I. ; Ran, M. ; Leibovich, A. ; Borohovich, E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Holon Inst. of Technol., Holon

Volume

3

fYear

2008

fDate

10-12 Sept. 2008

Firstpage

55

Lastpage

58

Abstract

A combined wireless and optical channel for multiband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MB OFDM) ultra-wideband (UWB) radio transmission has been investigated both experimentally and theoretically. The channel consists of a directly modulated vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL), wireless channel, ultra-wideband (UWB) antenna, multimode optical fiber (MMF) and a p-i-n diode as a photodetector (PD). It has been shown both experimentally and theoretically the advantages of the MB OFDM transmission through MMF. The transmission distance increases in such a case up to 750 m. Numerical simulations carried out in the framework of the developed model show a good accord with the experimental data.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; optical fibre networks; optical modulation; optical transmitters; p-i-n photodiodes; photodetectors; radio-over-fibre; surface emitting lasers; ultra wideband antennas; ultra wideband communication; wireless channels; VCSEL; multiband OFDM ultra-wideband radio transmission; multimode optical fiber; optical channel; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; p-i-n diode; photodetector; radio over multimode fiber transmission; ultra-wideband antenna; vertical cavity surface emitting laser; wireless channel; Fiber lasers; Laser theory; OFDM modulation; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Stimulated emission; Surface emitting lasers; Ultra wideband antennas; Ultra wideband technology; Vertical cavity surface emitting lasers; multimode optical fiber (MMF); p-i-n diode; radio over fiber technology; ultra-wideband radio transmission; vertical cavity surface emitting laser (VCSEL);

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Ultra-Wideband, 2008. ICUWB 2008. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Hannover

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-2216-6

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1827-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUWB.2008.4653415

Filename

4653415