Comparison of DFT-S-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing and single-carrier in a radio-over-fiber system

Kaihui Wang, Xinying Li, Jianjun Yu*

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Abstract

DFT-S-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and single-carrier (SC) modulation are two typical modulation formats in radio-over-fiber (RoF) systems. They may have respective advantages and disadvantages in different scenarios. Therefore, bit error ratio comparison results of these two modulation formats will be useful for designing and optimizing the practical RoF system. We experimentally compare these two modulation formats in a long wireless distance RoF system at W-band. It can be concluded that DFT-S-OFDM and SC modulation have similar performances in a RoF system with transmission distance over 80-km fiber and 224-m wireless link.

Original languageEnglish
Article number096107
JournalOptical Engineering
Volume56
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Sept 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • modulation
  • orthogonal frequency division multiplexing
  • radio-over-fiber
  • single-carrier

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