Title :
Asynchronous and packetized transmission in optical CDMA distributed sensor network
Author :
Deng, Yanhua ; Wang, Zhenxing ; Fok, Mable P. ; Prucnal, PAul R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate asynchronous, packetized data transmission from distributed commercial sensors in an optical CDMA network. Error-free transmission is obtained and the near-far problem is reduced using all-optical signal processing with a nonlinear optical loop-mirror.
Keywords :
code division multiple access; mirrors; optical fibre networks; signal processing; wireless sensor networks; all-optical signal processing; asynchronous transmission; distributed commercial sensors; nonlinear optical loop-mirror; optical CDMA distributed sensor network; packetized data transmission; Fiber nonlinear optics; Multiaccess communication; Nonlinear optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical pulses; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters;
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
