Linearity and CNR Improvement Technologies against Optical Reflection in Fiber-Oriented Wireless Access Systems

It is important to consider optical reflectionconditions when designing fiber-oriented wirelessaccess systems around subcarrier optical transmissionsince the noise characteristic can be significantlydegraded by optical reflection, especially if narrowspectral width devices are used. The superluminescentdiode (SLD) offers stable noise and 3rd-orderintermodulation distortion (IM3) characteristics thatfollow the ideal cubic law, even under multipleoptical reflection. The SLD-predistorter combinationis proposed as a way to overcome the SLD's narrowdynamic range. It is experimentally found that thepredistorter reduces IM3 by 8 dB. The receiversensitivity of a practical system that uses theSLD-predistorter combination is discussed from theviewpoint of overall design. A superimposedsubcarrier modulation (SSM) technique is also proposedin order to reduce the reflection noise. Weexperimentally confirm that the SSM technique reducesthe noise degradation and provides stable opticaltransmission. An SSM design methodology is presentedthat takes both noise and linearity into account. TheSLD-predistorter and the SSM scheme make it possibleto realize stable transmission performance and widerdynamic range in the presence of optical reflection.     

Analytical Models for Phase-Modulation-Based Microwave Photonic Systems With Phase Modulation to Intensity Modulation Conversion Using a Dispersive Device

Recently, optical phase modulation has been widely used in microwave photonics (MWP) systems, such as radio over fiber systems, photonic microwave filters, optical microwave and millimeter-wave signal generators, and optical subcarrier frequency up-converters. An optical phase-modulated signal can be converted to an intensity-modulated signal in a dispersive optical fiber. Due to the intrinsic nonlinearity of optical phase modulation, for linear applications such as microwave signal distribution and filtering, the modulation index should be kept small to minimize the unwanted modulation nonlinearity. However, for nonlinear applications such as microwave frequency multiplication and subcarrier frequency upconversion, the modulation index should be large to maximize the frequency multiplication and upconversion efficiency. In this paper, for the first time to our knowledge, we develop a thorough theoretical framework for the characterization of phase-modulation-based MWP systems, in which the phase modulation to intensity modulation conversion is realized using a dispersive fiber. Analytical models for the distributions of single-tone and two-tone microwave signals and for microwave frequency multiplication and subcarrier frequency upconversion are developed, which are verified by numerical simulations. The analytical models for single-tone and two-tone transmissions are further confirmed by experiments. The developed analytical models provide an accurate mathematical tool in designing phase-modulation-based MWP systems.     

A remote supervisory system based on subcarrier overmodulation forsubmarine optical amplifier systems

A supervisory (SV) signal transmission scheme for long haul optical amplifier systems is described. The scheme is based on subcarrier overmodulation of the line signal and features simple configuration; due to the use of EDFA gain modulation, no additive optical components are required in a submarine repeater to transmit a response signal. This paper discusses the subcarrier modulation index and frequency used for the SV signaling, the most significant design parameters. The dependence of the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) on the modulation index in SV signal transmission is analyzed to clarify the modulation index value required for reliable SV signaling. In addition, the line signal impairment caused by subcarrier overmodulation is also analyzed to show the system's in-service feasibility. The subcarrier frequencies used for command and response signal transmission are discussed from the experimental results on the frequency response of an optical amplifier system and EDFA gain modulation efficiency     

A wireless infrared system using a dual-band receiver and a pulse width on–off keying modulation scheme

In this paper, we propose a dual-band infrared receiver and a pulse width on–off keying (PWOOK) modulation scheme for wireless systems. The dual-band receiver recovers the signal from two different subcarrier waves: 37.9 kHz for the conventional remote control systems and 113.7 kHz for the human interface device (HID) applications which require relatively fast data-transfer-rate and high infrared noise immunity under various optical environments. The PWOOK modulation scheme is a combined form of the pulse width modulation (PWM) and the on–off keying (OOK) using the subcarrier intensity-modulated (SIM) infrared signal. This paper also describes a wireless infrared system that is designed with the proposed dual-band infrared receiver and the PWOOK modulation scheme to demonstrate practical use of them. The dual-band infrared receiver is fabricated in a 0.5 μm CMOS process and the PWOOK modulation scheme transfers data at average bit-transfer-rate of 2.75 kbit/s through the wireless infrared link.     

FM subcarrier fiber optical transmission system design and itsapplication in next-generation wireless access

This paper presents a design method of optical frequency modulation (FM) subcarrier (with super carrier) transmission modem. The nonideal link characteristics, including laser chirping, fiber dispersion, voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) phase noise, relative intensity noise (RIN), and equivalent network model of laser diode of such a system that may bring about signal distortion are discussed first. We then propose a hierarchical methods to establish the system equivalent model. Finally this FM modem is applied to a GSM wireless system, in which multichannel signals are transmitted over fiber between radio port and basestation, and system performance is appraised by its dynamic range. It is found that optical FM subcarrier (with super carrier) transmission technique can improve the system dynamic range, compared with the intensity modulated direct detection (IMDD) method, and this is a economical and efficient method     

A joint cross-layer transmission design with time–frequency coded cooperation HARQ for underground coal mine MC-CDMA WSNs

In this paper, multicarrier code division multiple access (MC-CDMA) modulation is adapted to constitute wireless sensors to improve the monitoring performance of wireless sensor networks (WSNs) for underground coal mine. A subcarrier phase compensation algorithm based on selective mapping (SLM) is proposed to reduce the relatively high PAPR of MC-CDMA signal. To further improve the monitoring performance of the underground MC-CDMA WSNs, a joint cross-layer transmission with time–frequency coded cooperation hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) is also proposed. The proposed cross-layer transmission combines time–frequency coded cooperation of physical layer with HARQ of media access control (MAC) layer. In the proposed transmission, the cooperative sensor utilizes time–frequency coded cooperation method to retransmit the monitoring information of source sensor at each retransmission time to obtain the coding gain and spatial diversity gain. Simulation results show that the proposed joint cross-layer transmission for underground coal mine MC-CDMA WSNs based on SLM phase compensation has significantly reduced the PAPR of MC-CDMA signal and improved the monitor performance of the coal mine MC-CDMA WSNs.     

120-GHz-band millimeter-wave photonic wireless link for 10-Gb/s data transmission

A 120-GHz-band wireless link that uses millimeter-wave (MMW) photonic techniques was developed. The output power and noise characteristics of 120-GHz-band MMWs generated by converting a 125-GHz optical subcarrier signal were evaluated. It was then shown that the noise characteristics of the 125-GHz signal generated with these photonic technologies is sufficient for 10-Gb/s data transmission. We constructed a compact 120-GHz-band wireless link system, and evaluated its data transmission characteristics. This system achieved error-free transmission of OC-192 and 10-GbE signals over a distance of more than 200 m with a received power of below -30 dBm.     

Reduction of dispersion-induced distortion in SCM transmissionsystems by using predistortion-linearized MQW-EA modulators

The application of low-chirp MQW (multiquantum well)-EA (electro-absorption) modulators to subcarrier multiplexing (SCM) optical transmission systems is studied. The authors show that a third-order predistortion circuit is feasible for compensating the nonlinearity of this type of modulator. The degree of frequency chirping per optical intensity modulation depth of the modulator is theoretically determined to be about 1.4 MHz. A 42-channel AM-SCM signal transmitter with the predistortion circuit realizes both composite second-order distortion (CSO) and composite triple beat distortion (CTB) values under -57 dBc after 200-km-long transmission. The authors confirm dispersion-induced distortion of the MQW-EA modulator is as small as that of the LiNbO₃ modulator. Carrier-to-noise ratios (CNRs) of 45.2 dB for channel 1 and 43.8 dB for channel 42 were measured after 100 km transmission. It is found that the deterioration of a CNR is caused by the cascaded erbium doped fiber amplifiers (EDFAs), Rayleigh backscattered power and the optical phase noise. Theoretical CNRs show that the output power of the modulator should be higher to improve CNR     

Effects of phase noise on subcarrier modulation performance over Malaga turbulence channel

The performance of wireless optical system employing subcarrier phase-shift keying modulation was researched,which was influenced by phase noise of system demodulator under on Malaga atmospheric turbulence channel.Combined Fourier series and MeijerG function properties,the probability density function of instantaneous signal to noise ratio in the Malaga turbulence model was got.The Fourier series of receiving signal phase and the closed form expression of symbol error probability were derived,which were in the wireless optical subcarrier shift keying modulation system.Under different modulation order and light intensity fluctuation variance,the influence of phase noise on the system symbol error rate was analyzed.The numeric results present that the system symbol error rate increases with the light intensity fluctuation variance when the phase noise is lower.When the phase noise is larger,the influence of modulation order is greater than of turbulence intensity to the error-rate floor appearing.And with the increasing of modulation order,the corresponding average signal to noise is lower when symbol error-rate floor appears.     

IMDD OFDM无源光网中的非线性分析和信号失真消除

提出一种子载波演化方法分析基于强度调制直接探测的正交频分复用无源光网络中的非线性。该无源光网络中的非线性主要来源于调制过程中的子载波混合干扰和啁啾。传输过程的光纤色散会导致调制时的各子载波最佳相位匹配条件不能维持,进一步导致信号恶化。设计了一种新的Volterra数字滤波器除信号失真。修正的Volterra数字滤波器不仅包含相同的采样点,还包括了不同的采样点。通过实验验证了该滤波器去除信号失真的效果;在FEC为10-3的情况下,实验结果与已经报道的结果相比提升3 dB了功率效益;传输25 km光纤与背对背相比,FEC为10-3时的功率亏损小于0.5 dB;系统的数据传输速率达到24.5 Gbps,频谱效率达到7 bits/s/Hz。实验结果表明提出的方法可以有效地消除信号的线性和非线性失真,能够有效地恢复信号。     

Simultaneous Transmission of Wireless and Wireline Services Using a Single 60-GHz Radio-Over-Fiber Channel by Coherent Subcarrier Modulation

We proposed and experimentally demonstrated a novel hybrid subcarrier modulation (H-SCM) technique to generate a spectral-efficient 60-GHz optical millimeter-wave (mm-wave) that carries independent 2.5-Gb/s wireless and 10-Gb/s wireline signals using intensity and phase modulation, respectively. The frequency beating components of the 60-GHz channel due to interleaved and imbalanced optical path in H-SCM are numerically analyzed and experimentally measured in terms of timing jitter and amplitude fluctuation. The generated 60-GHz optical mm-wave signal using H-SCM with phase noise variance of about 0.5 is demonstrated in a radio-over-fiber testbed propagating through a combined distance of 25-km fiber and 4-m free space. The power penalties for the received wireless and wireline signals are 1 and 0.2 dB at $10^{-9}$ bit-error rate, respectively.      

Adaptive Separation of Subcarrier for Wireless Link of Satellite Communication

Currently, the subcarrier on the satellite communication wireless link has uncertain signal number and bandwidth and non-overlapped frequency spectra of mixed signals, and thus can hardly be separated and identified. Through analysis, a simple and effective estimation algorithm for subcarrier frequency was proposed and the code rate was estimated based on the instantaneous characteristics of the modulated signal. Results show that, using the proposed adaptive separation and recognition method, multiple signals can be effectively separated from the mixed signal, with high precision and strong noise immunity. Moreover, after partition, each subcarrier can be separated by the filter for modulation. The method is characterized by simple principle and ease of implementation.     

Performance evaluation of (D)APSK modulated coherent optical OFDM system

Performance of amplitude and phase shift keying (APSK) modulated coherent optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (CO-OFDM) with and without differential encoding is investigated. Numerical simulations based on 40 Gbit/s single-channel and 5 ^* 40 Gbit/s wavelength division multiplexing transmission are performed, and the impacts of amplified spontaneous emission noise, laser linewidth, chromatic dispersion, and fiber nonlinearity on the system performance are analyzed. The results show that compared with conventional 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM) modulated optical OFDM signal, although 16(D)APSK modulated optical OFDM signal has a lower tolerance towards amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise, it has a higher tolerance towards fiber nonlinearity such as self-phase modulation (SPM) and cross-phase modulation (XPM): the optimal launch power and the corresponding Q² factor of 16(D)APSK modulated OFDM signal are respectively 2 dB and 0.5 dB higher than 16QAM modulated optical OFDM signal after 640 km transmission, both in single-channel and WDM CO-OFDM systems. Although the accumulated CD decreases the peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) during transmission, 16(D)APSK modulated OFDM signal will still remain an advantage compared with 16QAM modulated OFDM signal up to 1000 km single-channel transmission, meanwhile relaxing the needs for training symbols and pilot subcarriers and consequently increase the spectral efficiency.     

A Hammerstein-type equalizer for concatenated fiber-wireless uplink

In optical fiber-based wireless access schemes, the radio signal is transmitted through fiber without frequency conversion radio-over-fiber (ROF). Although the fiber has adequate bandwidth, nonlinear distortion due to electrical to optical (E/O) conversion is a concern. In the uplink, the dynamic multipath wireless channel is followed by this static memoryless ROF link; this forms a Wiener system. In this paper, we propose a Hammerstein type decision feedback equalizer (HDFE) for the fiber-wireless uplink to combat the nonlinear distortion and the wireless channel dispersion. The proposed equalizer is less complex because it handles static and dynamic distortions separately. The nonlinear distortion is compensated first, reducing the power of cross modulation products significantly. Analytical results show that the lower bound of the mean squared error depends on the optical and wireless channel noise. The bit error rate (BER) performance of the HDFE for the nonlinear channel approaches the performance of a decision feedback equalizer (DFE) in a linear channel when the nonlinearity is adequately compensated.     

基于LDPC码的无线光通信副载波误码性能分析

为了研究信道编码技术对无线光通信副载波系统差错性能的影响,基于无线光通信链路噪声特性,建立了大气信道等效数学模型。采用低密度奇偶校验(LDPC)码作为信道编码方式引入无线光通信,在不同光强闪烁指数下对基于副载波相移键控调制无线光通信系统进行了差错性能仿真,比较分析了LDPC编码前后副载波调制系统的误比特率,并对二相相移键控及四相相移键控两种系统进行了对比。结果表明,副载波二相相移键控调制系统的差错性能优于四相相移键控系统,同时LDPC码在弱湍流信道具有优越的纠错能力,可以获得比未编码系统较高的编码增益,在无线光通信领域具有一定的应用价值。     

Optical coherent broad-band transmission for long-haul anddistribution systems using subcarrier multiplexing

Signal multiplexing techniques for coherent optical transmission are compared, and appropriate application for a coherent subcarrier multiplexing (SCM) system is discussed. Optical frequency modulation (FM) using direct modulation of a distributed-feedback laser diode (DFB-LD) and a heterodyne detection is shown to be feasible. A transmission system using a local laser in the transmitter is unaffected by polarization and is cost effective. Phase noise can be suppressed by a phase-noise-canceling circuit (PNC) in a heterodyne receiver. This circuit can also effectively compensate for the frequency of instability of light sources. A theoretical simulation of a coherent SCM system showed that 100 channels of 30-MHz FM signal or 15 channels of 155-Mb/s signal can be distributed to 10000 subscribers using single-stage or double-stage optical amplifiers     

Multiple-subcarrier modulation in optical wireless communications

This article overviews multiple-subcarrier modulation techniques in optical wireless communications. The basic principles and characteristics of MSM techniques in optical wireless communications are presented. MSM optical wireless systems are explained where some block codes that convert information bits to be transmitted to the symbol amplitudes of subcarriers are used to increase the minimum value of the MS electrical waveform. MSM optical communications systems using subcarrier signal point sequences (SSPS) that can improve the power efficiency of MSM systems are also explained. The performance of MSM optical communications systems is presented in the intensity modulation with direct detection (IM/DD) channel without dispersion and in atmospheric optical communications where the effects of scintillation exist.     

基于FP-LD实现副载波信号产生

采用一种基于法布里-珀罗腔激光二极管(FP-LD)的副载波信号的产生方案,此方案主要包括一个FP-LD和一个电光相位调制器(PM)。首先利用可调谐激光器、电光PM及微波源产生光正弦相位调制信号,将该信号注入到FP-LD中,通过FP-LD的注入锁定将该信号转换为副载波信号。在实验中,分别以2、3、4和5 GHz的调制频率注入到FP-LD中,相应得到22、21、24和25 GHz的副载波信号。     

Full-duplex hybrid PON/RoF link with the 10 Gbit/s 16-QAM signal for alternative wired and 60 GHz millimeter-wave wireless accesses

A novel full-duplex hybrid access link with 10 Gbit/s 16-ary quadrature amplitude modulation (16-QAM) wired and wireless converged signal is proposed, which can provide PON access or RoF-based wireless access alternately with centralized lightwave source. The converged signal, consisting of the 10 Gbit/s 16-QAM baseband optical signal and two optical local oscillators (OLOs), is generated by central station and can be decomposed in different patterns at remote base station. For the wired PON access, the identical frequency OLO is used to coherently demodulate the 16-QAM signal; while for the RoF-based wireless access, the 16-QAM signal and its parallel polarized OLO are abstracted as optical millimeter wave by a polarization beam splitter; the other OLO is used as the uplink optical carrier to carry wired or wireless uplink signal. Since the three tones come from the same source, they maintain high coherency even after transmitted over fiber link. The proposed hybrid wired/wireless full-duplex fiber link suffers little from fiber chromatic dispersion. These are verified by simulations for both wired and wireless access applications.     

微波副载波复用多路光纤传输系统光发射机的研究

研制成功了直接调制带宽达2GHz的光发射机．在600MHz～2．8GHz范围内光发射机的输入反射小于－12dB。在使用频段内互调失真与载波比约为－20dB。在微波副载波多路卫星调频电视（0．97－1，47GHz）光纤传输系统中，该光发射机工作稳定，光发射机输出的光信号经40km单模光纤后获得了令人满意的图象质量（载噪比17dB）。