Title :
Required resolution of digital-analog-converter for optical OFDM
Author :
Takahashi, Hidenori ; Al Amin, Abdullah ; Morita, Itsuro ; Tanaka, Hideaki
Author_Institution :
KDDI R&D Labs. Inc., Kamifukuoka, Japan
Abstract :
The required resolution of digital-analog-converter for optical OFDM was evaluated through simulation and experiment. Signal degradation caused by quantization was independent of subcarrier modulation, and the performance improvement saturates with increasing bit resolution.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; code division multiple access; digital-analogue conversion; optical fibre networks; quantisation (signal); subcarrier multiplexing; WDM; digital-analog-converter resolution; fiber optics communications; optical OFDM; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; quantization; signal degradation; subcarrier modulation; wavelength-division-multiplexed optical communication systems; OFDM modulation; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical saturation; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Quantization; Signal resolution;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
