Heterogeneous gigabit orthogonal frequency division multiplexing/radio over fiber transmissions of wired and wireless signals using a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier and single‐arm mach–zehnder modulator

Abstract

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel radio over fiber system that provides different gigabit orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signals transmission for wired and wireless networks using a conventional reflective semiconductor optical amplifier and a single‐arm Mach–Zehnder modulator (MZM). To halve sampling speed of electronics and to simplify a radio frequency front‐end design, the proposed scheme adopts Hermitian symmetry to generate the wireless signal. It was reported that using the proposed scheme, 5‐Gbps 16‐quadrature‐amplitude‐modulation‐OFDM wired and 1.17‐Gbps quadrature phase‐shift keying OFDM wireless signals were successfully transmitted through 23‐km standard single mode fiber link. © 2012 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 54:1954–1958, 2012; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com. DOI 10.1002/mop.26968

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