Experimental demonstration and scalability analysis of a four-node 102-Gchip/s fast frequency-hopping time-spreading optical CDMA network

Varghese Baby*, Ivan Glesk, Robert J. Runser, Russell Fischer, Yue Kai Huang, Camille Sophie Bres, Wing C. Kwong, Thomas H. Curtis, Paul R. Prucnal

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

59 Citations (Scopus)

Abstract

We present experimental and simulation results from a 102-Gchips/s incoherent wavelength-hopping time-spreading optical code-division multiple-access testbed, utilizing four 50-GHz ITU grid wavelengths. Error-free operation of four users is obtained with an effective power penalty ∼0.5 dB. Simulation studies show scalability to >10 users with an effective power penalty of ∼4 dB. The simulation study of the impact of asynchronous access on the performance allows for a complete network design from an engineering viewpoint.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)253-255
Number of pages3
JournalIEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume17
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2005

Keywords

  • code-division multiple-access
  • optical fiber local area network
  • optical fiber communications

Fingerprint

Dive into the research topics of 'Experimental demonstration and scalability analysis of a four-node 102-Gchip/s fast frequency-hopping time-spreading optical CDMA network'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.

Cite this