Abstract
Heterogeneous access networks with wired/wireless convergence comprise an important trend in the development of access networks because they reduce network investment and operating costs. In this paper, we propose a heterogeneous access network with a coherent passive optical network (PON) and intermediate frequency over fiber (IFoF) within a single wavelength. The coherent PON and IFoF are both DAPSK-OFDM-based and do not involve noise-compensation digital signal processing (DSP), which lowers bandwidth efficiency. DAPSK-OFDM is a differential modulation scheme that eliminates channel and phase noise during the demodulation process. The coherent PON and IFoF with different transmission schemes are combined using polarization division multiplexing (PDM) and a complete heterogeneous network without crosstalk through polarization optimization and maintenance at a transmission distance less than 20 km. The proposed heterogeneous network is experimentally tested, which shows that its performance is similar to that yielded when operating each system independently.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 124678 |
Journal | Optics Communications |
Volume | 456 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2020 Feb 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) grant funded by the Korea government (MSIP; Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning) (No. 2019R1A2C3007934).
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering