Journal article
Dynamic Reconfigurable WDM 60-GHz Millimeter-Waveband Radio-Over-Fiber Access Network: Architectural Considerations and Experiment
We will propose a dynamic reconfigurable wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM) millimeter-waveband (mm-waveband) radio-over-fiber (RoF) access network and demonstrate, for the first time, a dynamic-channel-allocation capability of millimeter-waveband optical RoF signals in WDM access network using a supercontinuum light source, arrayed-waveguide gratings, and a reconfigurable optical-crossconnect switch.
The dynamic reconfigurable RoF network architecture is presented, and its features are described. Then, four 155-Mb/s RoF channels are effectively generated, transmitted through 25 km of fiber, switched, transmitted again through 2 km of fiber, and detected with an error-free operation (bit error rate < 10-10).
The proposed RoF architecture is highly scalable, both in terms of channel and access-point counts.
| Language: | English |
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| Publisher: | IEEE |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Pages: | 3374-3380 |
| ISSN: | 15582213 and 07338724 |
| Types: | Journal article |
| DOI: | 10.1109/JLT.2007.906806 |
Dynamic channel allocation (DCA) Fiber nonlinear optics Gratings Light sources Nonlinear optics Optical arrays Optical fiber networks Optical switches Supercontinuum generation WDM WDM networks Wavelength division multiplexing access-point counts arrayed waveguide gratings arrayed-waveguide gratings bit error rate bit rate 155 Mbit/s channel allocation channel counts distance 2 km distance 25 km dynamic reconfigurable wavelength-division-multiplexed millimeter-waveband radio-over-fiber access network dynamic-channel-allocation capability error statistics error-free operation microwave photonics millimeter wave optical access network optical communication equipment optical fibre networks optical switches radio over fiber (RoF) radio-over-fibre reconfigurable optical-crossconnect switch supercontinuum (SC) light source supercontinuum light source wavelength division multiplexing wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)
