An analytic technique to assess the impact of non-linearities on the error probability of OFDM signals in RoF based wireless networks

Author

Rodrigues, M.R.D. ; O´Reilly, J.J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, UK

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

316

Abstract

We propose an analytic technique, based on the Volterra series, to assess the impact of nonlinearities on the error probability of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals in radio over fibre (RoF) based wireless networks. We consider OFDM/BPSK signals and we determine the error probability of these signals in an illustrative RoF system, where either a semiconductor laser diode (SLD) or a Mach-Zehnder modulator (MZM) are used to generate these signals, with good agreement between analysis and simulation

Keywords

OFDM modulation; Volterra series; error statistics; modulators; nonlinear optics; optical fibre networks; phase shift keying; radio networks; semiconductor lasers; AWGN; BPSK signals; Mach-Zehnder modulator; OFDM signals; RoF based wireless networks; Volterra series; additive white Gaussian noise; bandpass nonlinearity; error probability; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; radio over fibre based wireless networks; semiconductor laser diode; signal generation; simulation; Analytical models; Binary phase shift keying; Diode lasers; Error probability; OFDM; RF signals; Signal analysis; Signal generators; Superluminescent diodes; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information Theory, 2001. Proceedings. 2001 IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7123-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISIT.2001.936179

Filename

936179