Performance Analysis of a Full-Duplex TWDM-PON Using OFDM Modulation with Red LED Visible Light Communication System

Abstract

Today’s access networks are in high demand to fulfill the high bandwidth requirement because of extensive improvement in high transmission rate applications for cloud computing, big data analytics, and other next-generation 5G smart applications. In this work, the symmetrical and bidirectional time and wavelength division multiplexing-passive optical network (TWDM-PON) system is proposed and demonstrated. Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) with 4-level quadrature amplitude modulation is used for downstream and upstream transmission. Also, 625 nm red light-emitting diode is utilized for visible light communication (VLC) using a wireless link to encourage the economic high transmission rate fiber/VLC optical network. The TWDM-PON employing OFDM with the VLC system has been analysed for downstream and upstream channels for variable fiber-wireless link range. Additionally, the impact of a high transmission rate and usage of digital signal processing (DSP) unit to reduce losses due to fiber nonlinearity effects in the proposed link has been investigated. The results show that the maximum faithful wireless and wired range for the proposed system is 140 m and 60 km respectively at 20 Gbps to attain the minimum 3.8 × 10−3 BER. The decrease in error vector magnitude (EVM%) by almost 52% with the use of DSP in the proposed system provides a high transmission rate of 200 Gbps in the proposed link. Further, comparative performance of the proposed system with previous latest works in literature reveals a superior performance of the proposed link. The proposed TWDM-PON system provides a next-generation access network from rural areas to urban areas.