Real-time digital signal processing for optical OFDM-based future optical access networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 553-570

  Giddings, Roger ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Digital signal processing (DSP); optical access; optical communication; orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA); orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM); passive optical network (PON)

Indexed keywords

DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING (DSP); DSP IMPLEMENTATION; FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES; OPTICAL ACCESS; OPTICAL ACCESS NETWORKS; OPTICAL ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING (O-OFDM); ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; REAL-TIME DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING;

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL TRANSCEIVERS; PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS; SIGNAL ENCODING; TRANSCEIVERS;

ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 84893387094     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2013.2281628     Document Type: Article

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