Digitized RF transmission over fiber

Author

Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai ; Gamage, Prasanna A. ; Lim, Christina ; Novak, Dalma ; Waterhouse, Rod ; Yang, Yizhuo

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC

Volume

10

Issue

4

fYear

2009

fDate

6/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

75

Lastpage

81

Abstract

Our studies have shown that a digitized radio- over-fiber system based on bandpass sampling with an analog-to-digital converter having a resolution of 8 b is sufficient to construct a high-performance, cost-effective link that can allow easy integration of wireless backhaul with optical communication infrastructure. We also show that the performance of the digitized system is predominantly limited by the performance of the analog-to-digital converter used, with its quantization noise limiting the performance for the lower values of resolution (<6 b) and its jitter limiting the performance at the higher resolutions (>7 b).

Keywords

optical fibre networks; quantisation (signal); radio-over-fibre; signal sampling; analog-to-digital converter; bandpass sampling; digitized RF transmission; digitized radio-over-fiber system; fiber-optic network; optical communication infrastructure; quantization noise; wireless backhaul; Base stations; Fiber nonlinear optics; Optical distortion; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; RF signals; Radio frequency;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Microwave Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1527-3342

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MMM.2009.932284

Filename

4914984