Performance analysis of DCO OFDM and DCO WOFDM systems in MMF optical links

Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a Multi Carrier Modulation (MCM) technique which has been known as a powerful tool to overcome Inter Symbol Interference (ISI) caused by a dispersive channel. Since optical communication channels are dispersive environments, during last decades op...

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Main Author: Mirbadin, Anoush
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spelling my-utm-ep.287322018-05-27T06:39:07Z Performance analysis of DCO OFDM and DCO WOFDM systems in MMF optical links 2011 Mirbadin, Anoush TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a Multi Carrier Modulation (MCM) technique which has been known as a powerful tool to overcome Inter Symbol Interference (ISI) caused by a dispersive channel. Since optical communication channels are dispersive environments, during last decades optical OFDM has been proposed for compensating modal and chromatic dispersion in the optical communication systems. The purpose of this study is to analyze and compare the performances of DC biased Optical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DCO OFDM) and DC biased Optical Wavelet based Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DCO WOFDM) systems in Multi Mode Fiber (MMF) optical links. Mach Zehnder Modulator (MZM) was utilized as the optical modulator. The simulations were carried out using Optisystem software. Bit Error Rate (BER) versus transmission distance curves as well as Optical Signal to Noise Ratio (OSNR) versus transmission distance curves were used as criterions for evaluating the performances of the simulated systems. Simulation results show that DCO WOFDM system offers considerable improvement in BER performance compared to DCO OFDM system. It was found that error free transmission distance for DCO OFDM and DCO WOFDM occurred at 330 m and 360 m, respectively. The achieved BER by DCO WOFDM at a 375 m link distance is 23 times smaller than the achieved BER by DCO OFDM at the same link distance. Even though, the bandwidth of DCO WOFDM signal is twice the bandwidth of DCO OFDM signal. Sensitivity of DCO WOFDM signal to noise is slightly better than the sensitivity of DCO OFDM signal to noise. These benefits are due to the fact that the Power Spectral Density (PSD) of DCO WOFDM signal is more compatible with the channel frequency response in contrast to the PSD of DCO OFDM signal. 2011 Thesis http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/28732/ http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/28732/1/AnoushMirbadinMFKE2011.pdf application/pdf en public http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:67987?queryType=vitalDismax&query=Performance+analysis+of+DCO+OFDM+and+DCO+WOFDM+systems+in+MMF+optical+links&public=true masters Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering Faculty of Electrical Engineering
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Electronics Nuclear engineering
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Electronics Nuclear engineering
Mirbadin, Anoush
Performance analysis of DCO OFDM and DCO WOFDM systems in MMF optical links
description Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a Multi Carrier Modulation (MCM) technique which has been known as a powerful tool to overcome Inter Symbol Interference (ISI) caused by a dispersive channel. Since optical communication channels are dispersive environments, during last decades optical OFDM has been proposed for compensating modal and chromatic dispersion in the optical communication systems. The purpose of this study is to analyze and compare the performances of DC biased Optical Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DCO OFDM) and DC biased Optical Wavelet based Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DCO WOFDM) systems in Multi Mode Fiber (MMF) optical links. Mach Zehnder Modulator (MZM) was utilized as the optical modulator. The simulations were carried out using Optisystem software. Bit Error Rate (BER) versus transmission distance curves as well as Optical Signal to Noise Ratio (OSNR) versus transmission distance curves were used as criterions for evaluating the performances of the simulated systems. Simulation results show that DCO WOFDM system offers considerable improvement in BER performance compared to DCO OFDM system. It was found that error free transmission distance for DCO OFDM and DCO WOFDM occurred at 330 m and 360 m, respectively. The achieved BER by DCO WOFDM at a 375 m link distance is 23 times smaller than the achieved BER by DCO OFDM at the same link distance. Even though, the bandwidth of DCO WOFDM signal is twice the bandwidth of DCO OFDM signal. Sensitivity of DCO WOFDM signal to noise is slightly better than the sensitivity of DCO OFDM signal to noise. These benefits are due to the fact that the Power Spectral Density (PSD) of DCO WOFDM signal is more compatible with the channel frequency response in contrast to the PSD of DCO OFDM signal.
format Thesis
qualification_level Master's degree
author Mirbadin, Anoush
author_facet Mirbadin, Anoush
author_sort Mirbadin, Anoush
title Performance analysis of DCO OFDM and DCO WOFDM systems in MMF optical links
title_short Performance analysis of DCO OFDM and DCO WOFDM systems in MMF optical links
title_full Performance analysis of DCO OFDM and DCO WOFDM systems in MMF optical links
title_fullStr Performance analysis of DCO OFDM and DCO WOFDM systems in MMF optical links
title_full_unstemmed Performance analysis of DCO OFDM and DCO WOFDM systems in MMF optical links
title_sort performance analysis of dco ofdm and dco wofdm systems in mmf optical links
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Electrical Engineering
granting_department Faculty of Electrical Engineering
publishDate 2011
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/28732/1/AnoushMirbadinMFKE2011.pdf
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