Non-Orthogonal Signal Transmission Over Nonlinear Optical Channels

The performance of spectrally efficient frequency division multiplexing (SEFDM) in optical communication systems is investigated considering the impact of fiber nonlinearities. Relative to orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), sub-carriers within SEFDM signals are packed closer at a fre...

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Main Authors: Tongyang Xu, Tianhua Xu, Polina Bayvel, Izzat Darwazeh
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Published: IEEE 2019-01-01
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description The performance of spectrally efficient frequency division multiplexing (SEFDM) in optical communication systems is investigated considering the impact of fiber nonlinearities. Relative to orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), sub-carriers within SEFDM signals are packed closer at a frequency spacing less than the symbol rate. In order to recover the data, a specially designed sphere decoding detector is used at the receiver end to compensate for the self-created inter carrier interference encountered in SEFDM signals. Our research demonstrated the benefits of the use of sphere decoding in SEFDM and also demonstrates the performance improvement of long-haul optical communication systems using SEFDM compared to the use of conventional OFDM, when fiber nonlinearities are considered. Different modulation formats ranging from 4QAM to 32QAM are studied and it is shown that, for the same spectral efficiency and information rate, SEFDM signals allow a significant increase in the transmission distance compared to conventional OFDM signals.
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spelling doaj-art-6d78f9c8152647d3a23864ff1fdfbc682025-08-20T03:16:04ZengIEEEIEEE Photonics Journal1943-06552019-01-0111311310.1109/JPHOT.2019.29049608731634Non-Orthogonal Signal Transmission Over Nonlinear Optical ChannelsTongyang Xu0https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0782-8356Tianhua Xu1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5510-841XPolina Bayvel2Izzat Darwazeh3https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3835-1319Communications and Information Systems Group, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London, U.K.School of Engineering, University of Warwick, Coventry, U.K.Optical Networks Group, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London, U.K.Communications and Information Systems Group, Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, University College London, London, U.K.The performance of spectrally efficient frequency division multiplexing (SEFDM) in optical communication systems is investigated considering the impact of fiber nonlinearities. Relative to orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM), sub-carriers within SEFDM signals are packed closer at a frequency spacing less than the symbol rate. In order to recover the data, a specially designed sphere decoding detector is used at the receiver end to compensate for the self-created inter carrier interference encountered in SEFDM signals. Our research demonstrated the benefits of the use of sphere decoding in SEFDM and also demonstrates the performance improvement of long-haul optical communication systems using SEFDM compared to the use of conventional OFDM, when fiber nonlinearities are considered. Different modulation formats ranging from 4QAM to 32QAM are studied and it is shown that, for the same spectral efficiency and information rate, SEFDM signals allow a significant increase in the transmission distance compared to conventional OFDM signals.https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8731634/Spectrally efficient frequency division multiplexing (SEFDM)orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)optical fiber communicationnonlinear fiber channel
spellingShingle Tongyang Xu
Tianhua Xu
Polina Bayvel
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Non-Orthogonal Signal Transmission Over Nonlinear Optical Channels
IEEE Photonics Journal
Spectrally efficient frequency division multiplexing (SEFDM)
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)
optical fiber communication
nonlinear fiber channel
title Non-Orthogonal Signal Transmission Over Nonlinear Optical Channels
title_full Non-Orthogonal Signal Transmission Over Nonlinear Optical Channels
title_fullStr Non-Orthogonal Signal Transmission Over Nonlinear Optical Channels
title_full_unstemmed Non-Orthogonal Signal Transmission Over Nonlinear Optical Channels
title_short Non-Orthogonal Signal Transmission Over Nonlinear Optical Channels
title_sort non orthogonal signal transmission over nonlinear optical channels
topic Spectrally efficient frequency division multiplexing (SEFDM)
orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM)
optical fiber communication
nonlinear fiber channel
url https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8731634/
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