Subcarrier index-power modulated optical OFDM with dual superposition multiplexing for IMDD PON systems

Abstract

A signal transmission technique termed subcarrier index-power modulated optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing with dual superposition multiplexing (SIPM-OOFDM-DSPM) is proposed and investigated, for the first time, for IMDD PON transmission systems. Compared to previously published similar transmission techniques, SIPM-OOFDM-DSPM not only enables more information bits to be conveyed in the extra information-carrying dimension but also improves the power usage efficiency, performance flexibility and adaptability without increasing DSP and hardware complexity. Detailed numerical simulations of the proposed technique are undertaken to identify optimum transceiver parameters, based on which its performance characteristics are explored. It is shown that over the aforementioned transmission systems, SIPM-OOFDM-DSPM considerably enhances the signal transmission capacity and simultaneously decreases the power penalty, in comparison with other subcarrier-index power-based OOFDM techniques encoded using similar signal modulation formats.

Point‐to‐point intensity modulation and direct detection flexible transceivers incorporating cascaded inverse fast fourier transform/fast fourier transform‐based multi‐channel aggregation/de‐aggregation techniques

“…Intensity Modulation and Direct Detection (IMDD) optical transceivers are the key elements in constructing present optical access networks and mobile access networks [1,2]. The conventional IMDD transceivers can only operate at predefined speeds and provide static and fixed-grid connections [3]. They thus cannot cost-effectively meet the stringent requirements of the next generation of optical access networks and mobile access networks in terms of flexibility, elasticity, scalability, and upgradability [4][5][6].…”