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ACTS and OLYMPUS propagation experiments
The OLYMPUS and ACTS satellites both provide opportunities for 10 to 30 GHz propagation measurements. The spacecraft are sufficiently alike that OLYMPUS can be used to test some prototype ACTS equipment and experiments. Data are particularly needed on short term signal behavior and in support of uplink power control and adaptive forward error correction (FEC) techniques. The Virginia Tech Satellite Communications Group has proposed a set of OLYMPUS experiments including attenuation and fade rate measurements, data communications, uplink power control, rain scatter interference, and small-scale site diversity operation. A digital signal processing receiver for the OLYMPUS and ACTS beacon signals is being developed
Electronic dispersion precompensation of direct-detected NRZ using analog filtering
We demonstrate (in real-time) electrical dispersion compensation in direct detection links using analog transmit side filtering techniques. By this means, we extend the fiber reach using a low complexity solution while avoiding digital preprocessing and digital-to-analog converters (DACs) which are commonly used nowadays. Modulation is done using an IQ MachZehnder modulator (MZM) which allows straightforward compensation of the complex impulse response caused by chromatic dispersion in the fiber. A SiGe BiCMOS 5-tap analog complex finite impulse response (FIR) filter chip and/or a delay between both driving signals of the MZMs is proposed for the filter implementation. Several link experiments are conducted in C-band where transmission up to 60 km of standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) of direct detected 28Gb/s NRZ/OOK is demonstrated. The presented technique can be used in applications where low power consumption is critical
Field-Trial of a high-budget, filterless, lambda-to-the-user, UDWDM-PON enabled by an innovative class of low-cost coherent transceivers
©2017 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.We experimentally demonstrate an innovative ultradense wavelength division multiplexing (UDWDM) passive optical networks (PON) that implements the full ¿-to-the-user concept in a filterless distribution network. Key element of the proposed system is a novel class of coherent transceivers, purposely developed with a nonconventional technical approach. Indeed, they are designed and realized to avoid D/A-A/D converter stages and digital signal processing in favor of simple analog processing so that they match system, cost, and power consumption requirements of the access networks without sacrificing the overall performance. These coherent transceivers target different use case scenarios (residential, business, fixed, wireless) still keeping perfect compatibility and co-existence with legacy infrastructures installed to support gray, time division multiplexed PON systems. Moreover, the availability of coherent transceivers of different cost/performance ratios allows for deployments of different quality service grades. In this paper, we report the successful field trial of the proposed systems in a testbed where 14 UDWDM channels (and one legacy E-PON system) are transmitted simultaneously in a dark-fiber network deployed in the city of Pisa (Italy), delivering real-time and/or test traffic. The trial demonstrated filterless operations (each remote node selects individually its own UDWDM channel on a fine 6.25-GHz grid), real-time GbE transmissions (by using either fully analog or light digital signal processing), multirate transmission (1.25 and 10 Gb/s), high optical distribution network loss (18-40 dB) as well as a bidirectional channel monitoring system.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft
Tecnologias coerentes para redes ópticas flexíveis
Next-generation networks enable a broad range of innovative services with
the best delivery by utilizing very dense wired/wireless networks. However,
the development of future networks will require several breakthroughs in
optical networks such as high-performance optical transceivers to support a
very-high capacity optical network as well as optimization of the network
concept, ensuring a dramatic reduction of the cost per bit.
At the same time, all of the optical network segments (metro, access,
long-haul) need new technology options to support high capacity, spectral
efficiency and data-rate flexibility. Coherent detection offers an opportunity
by providing very high sensitivity and supporting high spectral efficiency.
Coherent technology can still be combined with polarization multiplexing.
Despite the increased cost and complexity, the migration to dual-polarization
coherent transceivers must be considered, as it enables to double the spectral
efficiency. These dual-polarization systems require an additional digital signal
processing (DSP) subsystem for polarization demultiplexing. This work seeks
to provide and characterize cost-effective novel coherent transceivers for
the development of new generation practical, flexible and high capacity
transceivers for optical metro-access and data center interconnects. In this
regard, different polarization demultiplexing (PolDemux) algorithms, as well
as adaptive Stokes will be considered.
Furthermore, low complexity and modulation format-agnostic DSP techniques
based on adaptive Stokes PolDemux for flexible and customizable
optical coherent systems will be proposed. On this subject, the performance
of the adaptive Stokes algorithm in an ultra-dense wavelength division multiplexing
(U-DWDM) system will be experimentally evaluated, in offline
and real-time operations over a hybrid optical-wireless link. In addition, the
efficiency of this PolDemux algorithm in a flexible optical metro link based
on Nyquist pulse shaping U-DWDM system and hybrid optical signals will be
assessed. Moreover, it is of great importance to find a transmission technology
that enables to apply the Stokes PolDemux for long-haul transmission
systems and data center interconnects. In this work, it is also proposed
a solution based on the use of digital multi-subcarrier multiplexing, which
improve the performance of long-haul optical systems, without increasing
substantially, their complexity and cost.As redes de telecomunicações futuras permitirão uma ampla gama de serviços
inovadores e com melhor desempenho. No entanto, o desenvolvimento das
futuras redes implicará vários avanços nas redes de fibra ótica, como transcetores
óticos de alto desempenho capazes de suportar ligações de muito
elevada capacidade, e a otimização da estrutura da rede, permitindo uma
redução drástica do custo por bit transportado.
Simultaneamente, todos os segmentos de rede ótica (metropolitanas, acesso
e longo alcance) necessitam de novas opções tecnológicas para suportar
uma maior capacidade, maior eficiência espetral e flexibilidade. Neste contexto,
a deteção coerente surge como uma oportunidade, fornecendo alta
sensibilidade e elevada eficiência espetral. A tecnologia de deteção coerente
pode ainda ser associada à multiplexação na polarização. Apesar de um
potencial aumento ao nível do custo e da complexidade, a migração para
transcetores coerentes de dupla polarização deve ser ponderada, pois permite
duplicar a eficiência espetral. Esses sistemas de dupla polarização requerem
um subsistema de processamento digital de sinal (DSP) adicional para desmultiplexagem
da polarização. Este trabalho procura fornecer e caracterizar
novos transcetores coerentes de baixo custo para o desenvolvimento de uma
nova geração de transcetores mais práticos, flexíveis e de elevada capacidade,
para interconexões óticas ao nível das futuras redes de acesso e metro.
Assim, serão analisados diferentes algoritmos para a desmultiplexagem da
polarização, incluindo uma abordagem adaptativa baseada no espaço de
Stokes.
Além disso, são propostas técnicas de DSP independentes do formato de
modulação e de baixa complexidade baseadas na desmultiplexagem de Stokes
adaptativa para sistemas óticos coerentes flexíveis. Neste contexto, o desempenho
do algoritmo adaptativo de desmultiplexagem na polarização
baseado no espaço de Stokes é avaliado experimentalmente num sistema
U-DWDM, tanto em análises off-line como em tempo real, considerando um
percurso ótico hibrido que combina um sistema de transmissão suportado
por fibra e outro em espaço livre. Foi ainda analisada a eficiência do algoritmo
de desmultiplexagem na polarização numa rede ótica de acesso flexível
U-DWDM com formatação de pulso do tipo Nyquist. Neste trabalho foi
ainda analisada a aplicação da técnica de desmultiplexagem na polarização
baseada no espaço de Stokes para sistemas de longo alcance. Assim, foi
proposta uma solução de aplicação baseada no uso da multiplexagem digital
de múltiplas sub-portadoras, tendo-se demonstrado uma melhoria na eficiência
do desempenho dos sistemas óticos de longo alcance, sem aumentar
significativamente a respetiva complexidade e custo.Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Eletrotécnic
Advanced DSP Techniques for High-Capacity and Energy-Efficient Optical Fiber Communications
The rapid proliferation of the Internet has been driving communication networks closer and closer to their limits, while available bandwidth is disappearing due to an ever-increasing network load. Over the past decade, optical fiber communication technology has increased per fiber data rate from 10 Tb/s to exceeding 10 Pb/s. The major explosion came after the maturity of coherent detection and advanced digital signal processing (DSP). DSP has played a critical role in accommodating channel impairments mitigation, enabling advanced modulation formats for spectral efficiency transmission and realizing flexible bandwidth. This book aims to explore novel, advanced DSP techniques to enable multi-Tb/s/channel optical transmission to address pressing bandwidth and power-efficiency demands. It provides state-of-the-art advances and future perspectives of DSP as well
Transmissores-recetores de baixa complexidade para redes óticas
Traditional coherent (COH) transceivers allow encoding of information in
both quadratures and the two orthogonal polarizations of the electric field.
Nevertheless, such transceivers used today are based on the intradyne
scheme, which requires two 90o optical hybrids and four pairs of balanced
photodetectors for dual-polarization transmission systems, making its overall
cost unattractive for short-reach applications. Therefore, SSB methods
with DD reception, commonly referred to as self-coherent (SCOH)
transceivers, can be employed as a cost-effective alternative to the traditional
COH transceivers. Nevertheless, the performance of SSB systems
is severely degraded. This work provides a novel SCOH transceiver architecture
with improved performance for short-reach applications. In particular,
the development of phase reconstruction digital signal processing (DSP)
techniques, the development of other DSP subsystems that relax the hardware
requirement, and their performance optimization are the main highlights
of this research.
The fundamental principle of the proposed transceiver is based on the reception
of the signal that satisfies the minimum phase condition upon DD.
To reconstruct the missing phase information imposed by DD, a novel DCValue
method exploring the SSB and the DC-Value properties of the minimum
phase signal is developed in this Ph.D. study. The DC-Value method
facilitates the phase reconstruction process at the Nyquist sampling rate
and requires a low intensity pilot signal. Also, the experimental validation
of the DC-Value method was successfully carried out for short-reach optical
networks. Additionally, an extensive study was performed on the DC-Value
method to optimize the system performance. In the optimization process,
it was found that the estimation of the CCF is an important parameter to
exploit all advantages of the DC-Value method. A novel CCF estimation
technique was proposed. Further, the performance of the DC-Value method
is optimized employing the rate-adaptive probabilistic constellation shaping.Os sistemas de transcetores coerentes tradicionais permitem a codificação
de informação em ambas quadraturas e em duas polarizações ortogonais
do campo elétrico. Contudo, estes transcetores utilizados atualmente são
baseados num esquema intradino, que requer dois híbridos óticos de 90o
e quatro pares de foto detetores para sistemas de transmissão com polarização dupla, fazendo com que o custo destes sistemas seja pouco atrativo
para aplicações de curto alcance. Por isso, métodos de banda lateral única com deteção direta, também referidos como transcetores coerentes simplificados,
podem ser implementados como uma alternativa de baixo custo
aos sistemas coerentes tradicionais. Contudo, o desempenho de sistemas
de banda lateral única tradicionais é gravemente degradado pelo batimento
sinal-sinal. Nesta tese foi desenvolvida uma nova arquitetura de transcetor
coerente simplificada com um melhor desempenho para aplicações de curto
alcance. Em particular, o desenvolvimento de técnicas de processamento
digital de sinal para a reconstrução de fase, bem como de outros subsistemas
de processamento digital de sinal que minimizem os requerimentos
de hardware e a sua otimização de desempenho são o foco principal desta
tese.
O princípio fundamental do transcetor proposto é baseado na receção de
um sinal que satisfaz a condição mínima de fase na deteção direta. Para
reconstruir a informação de fase em falta causada pela deteção direta,
um novo método de valor DC que explora sinais de banda lateral única
e as propriedades DC da condição de fase mínima é desenvolvido nesta
tese. O método de valor DC facilita a reconstrução da fase à frequência
de amostragem de Nyquist e requer um sinal piloto de baixa intensidade.
Além disso, a validação experimental do método de valor DC foi executada
com sucesso em ligações óticas de curto alcance. Adicionalmente,
foi realizado um estudo intensivo do método de valor DC para otimizar o
desempenho do sistema. Neste processo de otimização, verificou-se que o
fator de contribuição da portadora é um parâmetro importante para explorar
todas as vantagens do método de valor DC. Neste contexto, é proposto
um novo método para a sua estimativa. Por último, o desempenho do
método de valor DC é otimizado recorrendo a mapeamento probabilístico
de constelação com taxa adaptativa.Programa Doutoral em Engenharia Eletrotécnic
Digital coherent receiver for phase modulated radio-over-fibre optical links
A novel digital signal processing-based coherent receiver for phase-modulated radio-over-fiber (RoF) optical links is presented and demonstrated experimentally. Error-free demodulation of 50-Mbaud binary phase-shift keying (BPSK) and quadrature phase-shift keying data signal modulated on a 5-GHz radio-frequency (RF) carrier is experimentally demonstrated using the proposed digital coherent receiver. Additionally, a wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) phase-modulated RoF optical link is experimentally demonstrated. A 3 x50 Mb/s WDM transmission of a BPSK modulated 5-GHz RF carrier is achieved over 25 km for the WDM channel spacing of 12.5 and 25 GHz, respectively
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