Fiber optics and optical communication experimental investigation of pilot power allocation in direct-detected optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system

Guangqian Wen, Jiangnan Xiao, Zizheng Cao, Fan Li, Lin Chen*, Xinying Li, Ming Chen

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Abstract

We experimentally investigate the effect of pilot power allocation on the performance of baseband direct-detected optical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system by comparing five pilot power allocation schemes. The results show that the scheme of increased pilot power allocation had the highest receiver sensitivity and frequency fading tolerance of all. Allocating more power on pilots at higher frequencies can improve the accuracy of channel estimation which leads to a better system performance.

Original languageEnglish
Article number015009
JournalOptical Engineering
Volume52
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Externally publishedYes

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