WDM-RoF-PON Architecture for Flexible Wireless and Wire-Line Layout

• Published in: Journal of optical communications and networking Vol. 2; no. 2; pp. 117 - 121
• Main Authors: Cao, Zizheng, Yu, Jianjun, Zhou, Hui, Wang, Wenpei, Xia, Minmin, Wang, Jing, Tang, Qi, Chen, Lin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway IEEE 01.02.2010; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: 60 GHz; Architecture; Bandwidth; Channels; Millimeter wave technology; Modulation; Multiplexing; Optical communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical line terminator; Optical millimeter-waves; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optimized production technology; Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing; Passive optical networks; Radio-over-fiber (RoF); Wavelength division; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength reuse; Wavelengths; WDM-PON; Wireless networks
• ISSN: 1943-0620; 1943-0639
• DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.2.000117

We experimentally demonstrate what we believe to be a novel wavelength division multiplexing-passive optical networking (WDM-PON) architecture compatible with 60 GHz radio-over-fiber systems to simultaneously provide wireless or wired services. We place each wireless/wire-line channel in one WDM slot to carry a 2.5 Gb/s orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal and reuse downstream wavelengths of the wireless and wire-line channels for uplink by an on-off-keying modulation format signal. For the independent design for wireless and wire-line channels, the layouts of wireless or wire-line channels are flexible for different applications.