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A full duplex ultrawideband over free‐space optics architecture based on polarization multiplexing and wavelength reuse
Author(s) -
Mirza Jawad,
Ghafoor Salman,
Hussain Ashiq
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
microwave and optical technology letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.304
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1098-2760
pISSN - 0895-2477
DOI - 10.1002/mop.32483
Subject(s) - multiplexing , computer science , electronic engineering , bandwidth (computing) , optical fiber , transmission (telecommunications) , multi mode optical fiber , optics , physics , engineering , computer network , telecommunications
This article demonstrates the integration of fiber optics with free space optics for the transmission of ultrawideband signals at a data rate of 2 Gbps. The fiber‐based components enable all‐optical generation of ultrawideband signals. The free space optical link allows bandwidth flexibility along with reduced installation costs. The proposed architecture employs polarization multiplexing and carrier reuse in order to make the radio access units simple and cost‐efficient. The free space optical link is modeled using the log‐normal (LN) channel model. Bit‐error‐rate (BER) measurements demonstrate that the proposed link is suitable for the transmission of high throughput ultrawideband signals.