Optical and millimeter-wave radio seamless MIMO transmission based on a radio over fiber technology

Atsushi Kanno*, Toshiaki Kuri, Iwao Hosako, Tetsuya Kawanishi, Yuki Yoshida, Yoshihiro Yasumura, Ken Ichi Kitayama

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Abstract

Multi-input multi-output (MIMO) transmission of two millimeter-wave radio signals seamlessly converted from polarizationdivision-multiplexed quadrature-phase-shift-keying optical signals is successfully demonstrated, where a radio access unit basically consisting of only optical-to-electrical converters and a radio receiver performs total signal equalization of both the optical and the radio paths and demodulation with digital signal processing (DSP). Orthogonally polarized optical components that are directly converted to two-channel radio components can be demultiplexed and demodulated with high-speed DSP as in optical digital coherent detection. 20-Gbaud optical and radio seamless MIMO transmission provides a total capacity of 74.4 Gb/s with a forward error correction overhead of 7%.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)29395-29403
Number of pages9
JournalOptics Express
Volume20
Issue number28
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012 Dec 31
Externally publishedYes

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics

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