• Chinese Optics Letters
  • Vol. 20, Issue 5, 050601 (2022)
Gang Chen, Ming Chen*, Wen Chen, Lede Yin, Aitao Deng, Yuxin Cai, and Dengqiao Wang
Author Affiliations
  • School of Physics and Electronics, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
  • show less
    DOI: 10.3788/COL202220.050601 Cite this Article Set citation alerts
    Gang Chen, Ming Chen, Wen Chen, Lede Yin, Aitao Deng, Yuxin Cai, Dengqiao Wang. Real-time reception of NHS-OFDM signal with SPA-enhanced channel estimation for intensity-modulated direct-detection systems[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(5): 050601 Copy Citation Text show less
    Block diagram of (a) C2R operation and (b) NHS-OFDM time-domain frame structure.
    Fig. 1. Block diagram of (a) C2R operation and (b) NHS-OFDM time-domain frame structure.
    Experimental setup of the real-time NHS-OFDM transmission system with IMDD. Inset (a) is OFDM frame structure, (b), (c) are the baseband transceivers hardware platforms, and (d), (e) are the RTL schematics of the real-time NHS-OFDM transceiver.
    Fig. 2. Experimental setup of the real-time NHS-OFDM transmission system with IMDD. Inset (a) is OFDM frame structure, (b), (c) are the baseband transceivers hardware platforms, and (d), (e) are the RTL schematics of the real-time NHS-OFDM transceiver.
    (a)–(c) Normalized AR and (d)–(f) the EVM performance for 64/128/256-point FFTs.
    Fig. 3. (a)–(c) Normalized AR and (d)–(f) the EVM performance for 64/128/256-point FFTs.
    Recovered constellation diagrams: (a)–(c) LS, (d)–(f) ISFA, and (g)–(i) SPA for different FFT sizes.
    Fig. 4. Recovered constellation diagrams: (a)–(c) LS, (d)–(f) ISFA, and (g)–(i) SPA for different FFT sizes.
    Real-time and offline measured BER performance versus ROP: (a) 64-point and (b) 128-point FFTs.
    Fig. 5. Real-time and offline measured BER performance versus ROP: (a) 64-point and (b) 128-point FFTs.
    ItemParameterValueUnit
    OFDM frameModulation format16QAM
    IFFT/FFT64128Points
    Data SCs50100
    CP length8Points
    TS symbols per frame1
    Data-carrying OFDM symbols300150
    Digital clipping ratio12dB
    Net signal bit rate3.463.65Gbit/s
    SE3.543.74bit·s−1·Hz−1
    OFDM frame duration17.3416.43µs
    DAC&ADCSampling rate2.5GSa/s
    Resolution14/10Bit
    LPFBandwidth1GHz
    Depth30dB
    EA1&EA2Bandwidth12 (4.5)GHz
    DMLOperation wavelength1556.3nm
    Output power2.3dBm
    SSMFLength20km
    Attenuation0.18dB/km
    Dispersion17ps·nm−1·km−1
    PINBandwidth10GHz
    Coupling modeAC
    Table 1. Some Key Parameters Used in the Experiment
    FFT SizeCE MethodsRegistersLUTs
    64ISFA22562877
    SPA21602060
    128ISFA40485428
    SPA40804238
    256ISFA763210,612
    SPA76308545
    Table 2. The Device Utilization of the SPA/ISFA Sub-Module in NHS-OFDM with 64/128/256-Point FFT Functionsa
    Gang Chen, Ming Chen, Wen Chen, Lede Yin, Aitao Deng, Yuxin Cai, Dengqiao Wang. Real-time reception of NHS-OFDM signal with SPA-enhanced channel estimation for intensity-modulated direct-detection systems[J]. Chinese Optics Letters, 2022, 20(5): 050601
    Download Citation