Investigation of Performance Enhancement of WDM Optical Interfaces for Millimeter-Wave Fiber-Radio Networks

Author

Bakaul, M. ; Nirmalathas, A. ; Lim, C. ; Novak, D. ; Waterhouse, R.

Author_Institution

Victoria Res. Lab., Nat. ICT Australia Ltd, Melbourne, Vic.

Volume

19

Issue

11

fYear

2007

fDate

6/1/2007 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

843

Lastpage

845

Abstract

A modified wavelength-division-multiplexed optical interface with the capability to enable optical-add-drop-multiplexing functionality as well as to deliver an uplink optical carrier to the base stations in a millimeter-wave fiber-radio system, is investigated and an optimal configuration demonstrated. The incorporation of the modification significantly enhances the performance of both uplink and downlink transmission

Keywords

microwave photonics; optical fibre networks; radio-over-fibre; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; millimeter-wave fiber-radio networks; optical-add-drop-multiplexer; wavelength division multiplexing; Base stations; Downlink; Electrooptic modulators; Intensity modulation; Millimeter wave technology; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Wavelength division multiplexing; Broadband wireless access (BWA); carrier-to-sideband ratio (CSR); fiber-radio base station (BS); millimeter wave fiber-radio system; optical single sideband modulation; wavelength interleaving (WI); wavelength reuse; wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) optical interface;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2007.897449

Filename

4200779