Performance Analysis of Radio-over-Fiber

Communication System with DPSK

Modulation Technique and EDFA
Naufal Karyadi1
1
School of Electrical Engineering, Department of Telecommunication Engineering, Telkom University

Abstract-Radio-over-Fiber Communication is a breakthrough on amplification functions. Thus centralization of RF signal

telecommunication technology that combine the simplicity of processing functions is advantageous in equipment sharing,
wireless technology and the stability of wire network. By that, we dynamic allocation of resources, simplified system operation
perform the simulation and analyze the performance of and maintenance.
transmission DPSK Modulation with Erbium-Doped Fiber
The basic radio over fibre system is depicted in Fig. 1. The
Amplifiers (EDFA) on Radio-over-Fiber Communication. The
Distance will be perform on 80 Km, and also the amplifier will be RF signal is used to directly modulate the laser diode in the
placed as a pre-amplifier by the whole system. The Result shown central site (headend). The resulting intensity modulated
that the Q-Factor and BER of all is above the requirement for optical signal is then transported over the optical fibre to the
multimedia communication on 6 for Q-Factor and 10-9 for BER. BS (RAU). At the RAU, the transmitted RF signal is
recovered by direct detection in the PIN photo detector. The
I. INTRODUCTION recovered signal is then amplified and radiated by the
With the increase in the technology of networks and the antenna. The uplink signal from the MU is transported from
internet, the need of the users also increases. The requirement the RAU to the headend in the same way. This method of
of high bandwidth, high data transmission rate etc increases. transporting RF signals over the fibre is called Intensity
Optical communication technology gives the solution for Modulation with Direct Detection (IM-DD)[3].
higher bandwidth. By developing the optical networks, larger
transmission capacity at longer transmission distance can be
achieved. Due to various restrictions such as geographical
condition, resourcefully frugal, and adverse situation in the
case of disasters, high-speed links based on an optical fiber
such as a fiber to the home cannot always be used
everywhere. Therefore, a radio transmission link is
considered for agglomeration large network traffics, which
has preceding characteristics in system disposition, such as
flexible formation for and easy installation[1]. So, integration
of optical and wireless network is done to provide sufficient
bandwidth to individual users. This network is called radio- Fig. 2.1 Basic RoF System[3]
over-fiber (RoF) technology. Radio over Fiber (RoF) systems
could be the answer to many urgent needs of the
2.2 DPSK Modulation
telecommunication networks, as they could provide the
Differential Phase Shift Keying (DPSK) is a common type of
necessary bandwidth for the transmission of broadband data
phase modulation that conveys data by changing the phase of
to end-users, other benefits are low attenuation loss, and
immunity to radio frequency interference[2]. Previous the carrier wave. In DPSK, the phase of the modulated signal
research were proposed implementation of M-ary PSK in is shifted relative to the previous signal element.The signal
SCM/WDM-PON Radio over Fiber system. While this paper phase follows the high or low state of the previous element.
was simulated and analyzed the implementation of DPSK and Figure 2 shows the waveform of DPSK.
EDFA in Radio over Fiber system.

II. THEORY
2.1 Radio-over-Fiber
Radio over Fiber technology (RoF) is an integration of
wireless and fiber optic networks. RoF technology uses
optical fibre links to send RF signals from a central station to
Remote Antenna Units (RAUs) or Base stations (BS). In RoF,
Fig. 2.2 Wafeform of DPSK
the RF signal processing functions are performed at one
shared location (headend), and then signal is sent via optical
2.3 Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers (EDFA)
fibre, which offers low signal loss (0.3 dB/km for 1550 nm,
EDFA is an optical amplifier (OA) device utilized to boost
and 0.5 dB/km for 1310 nm wavelengths) to distribute the RF
the intensity of optical signals being carried through optical
signals to the BSs. In this way, BSs complexity is reduced, as
fiber communication system. It is made of silica fiber doped
they have to perform only optoelectronic conversion and
with erbium (Er+3) ions for long–haul telecommunication The way of doing this simulation refers to the following
applications[4]. EDFAs are used to provide amplification in picture in Fig 3.2. First, parameters will be determined for the
the long wavelength window near 1550 nm. The advantage system to be designed. And then, the system modeling will be
of EDFA has enabled the optical signals in an optical fiber to designed. Next is to analyze the system to be designed, the
be amplified directly in high bit rate systems even beyond system is be feasible if the value of BER is smaller than 10-9
Terabits. For long transmission distances, EDFA functions as and the value of Q-Factor is more than 6. If the system does
a pre-amplifier is a very low noise OA device to be used not meet the requirements, parameters will be determined
directly before an optical receiver to improve its again.
sensitivity[5]. The principle of rare earth doped fiber
amplifier is the same as that of lasers except that such IV. SYSTEM ANALYSIS
amplifiers do not require a cavity as shown in Figure 3 below This simulation is done in 2 scenarios, first RoF without using
EDFA and second RoF with using EDFA. And then system
performance seen from Bit Error Rate value.

Fig. 2.3 Block diagram of EDFA[5]

III. SYSTEM DESIGN

Fig 4.1 RoF System without EDFA
This system design is using single mode optical fiber in Radio
over Fiber technology. In this phase RoF system modeling is Figure 5 show the RoF system without using EDFA. In
done. RoF Technology is used to increase the performance transmit side, PRBS generator used for bit random generator,
for high speed for wireless access using radio frequency. This Electrical DPSK Generator used for modulation, and pass
simulation using DPSK modulation. The used data rate is through Band Pass Bessel Filter. Electrical signal is
1Gbps, 5 GHz radio frequency and will be modulated on a modulated by CW Laser with 1550 nm frequency using
1550 nm wavelength. After that, pre- amplifier is used in Mach-Zehnder Modulator. And then pass through the optical
form of EDFA, in order to improve the system performance. fiber with 80 km length. At the receiver side, Bessel Optical
And then, the wavelength will be received by the Filter is used, the optical signal detected with APD
photodetector. System design shown in Figure 4 below. Photodetector. And then 3R Generator is used for
regeneration received signal and BER Analyzer to analyze
the value of Bit Error Rate

Fig. 3.1 System Design

Fig. 4.2 BER Analyzer of RoF system without using EDFA

Figure 6 shown the value of Q-Factor and BER of RoF system

without EDFA. The value of Q-Factor and BER is still below
the standard. Standard value for Q-Factor is above 6 and BER
above 10-9.

Fig 3.2 Flowchart of Design System

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Fig. 4.3 RoF system with EDFA

Rof system with EDFA shown in figure 7, the system is same

but EDFA are added as a pre-amplifier to improve the system
performance.

Fig. 4.4 BER Analyzer of RoF system with EDFA

Value of Q-Factor and BER is shown in figure 8. After EDFA

was added, the value of Q-Factor and BER improved. So this
system meets the standard.

V. CONCLUSION
From the simulation and analysis, we conclude that using
EDFA as a pre-amplifier on Radio-Over Fiber
Communication is good, with the value of Q-Factor from
4,62113 to 10,7877 and the value of BER from 1,90734x10-6
to 1,96849x10-27, which is still fulfilled the requirement for
multimedia communication on 10-9 for BER and 6 for Q-
Factor. And the data can pass through the optical fiber with
80 km length.

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