60GHZ MIMO-GFDM RoF Over OFDM-PON

Abstract

A seamless fiber-wireless (FiWi) network architecture utilizing multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless transmission based on a 5G generalised frequency division multiplexing (GFDM) waveform and a wired orthogonal frequency division multiplexed passive optical network (OFDMPON) is presented. Using the single sideband frequency translation technique (SSB-FTT) and optical remote heterodyne reception, efficient convergence and transmission of wireless and wired connectivity was achieved. This paper presents a simulated transmission of 60GHz MIMO-GFDM at 1 Gb/s and OFDMPON signal at 2.5 Gb/s data rate over a 20 km standard-PON span with an acceptable error vector magnitude (EVM), and bit error rate (BER).