Connectivity Unlimited Connectivity Unlimited TM TM Wireless Optical Transmission at 10 Gbps and Beyond
Dec 21, 2015
Connectivity Unlimited Connectivity Unlimited TMTM
Wireless Optical Transmission at 10 Gbps and Beyond
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Table of Contents
PART I – CURRENT TECHNOLOGY OVERVIEW
•Bandwidth Blowout (RF vs. IR)
•Trade-offs
•Comparison with Fiber Optics
•The atmosphere Attenuation Scattering
•Equipment Fade Margins
PART II – The PHOTONIC AIR LINK
•Basic concept
•Fiber limitations are dominant
•RF plus IR
•WDM extends bandwidth
•Optical Transformers
•Our wish list for the future
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Wireless Spectrum Carrier Frequencies
Wireless Spectrum Wireless Spectrum Carrier FrequenciesCarrier Frequencies
Wavelength
0.8-1.5 m 5-10 mm 3 cm 10-30 cm 3 m
100MHz
900-5500MHz
Unlicensed bands
10 GHz18-90 GHz
Licence required
Frequency
TV carriers
SpreadSpectrum
waveMm and sumbmillimeter
RF
350THz
No restrictions
IR Beams
Fig. 1
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Trade-offs between RF and IR
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Wireless Infrared Principles
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Comparison of Fiber Optics & FSO (Virtual Fiber)
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Atmospheric Transmission at Sea Level
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Definition of types of ray path
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Polar diagram of scattering of red light
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Visibility & Losses
The Visibility (or visual range) is defined as that distance where the radiance of a visible light source is reduced to 1/50 of its initial value:
V(in km) = ln 50/ (in km-1)
In FSO, scattering and absorption losses are represented in dB/km(S) so:
S(dB/km) ≈ 17/V(km)
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Scattering Attenuation of Optical Beams
Weather ConditionWeather Condition AttenuationAttenuation
(dB/km) at 850 nm(dB/km) at 850 nm
Visibility (km)Visibility (km)
Clear weather, light Clear weather, light hazehaze
0 to 30 to 3 50 to 650 to 6
Light rainLight rain 3 to 63 to 6 6 to 36 to 3
Heavy rainHeavy rain 6 to 176 to 17 3 to 13 to 1
SnowSnow 10 to 3510 to 35 1.5 to 0.51.5 to 0.5
Light fogLight fog 17 to 7017 to 70 1 to 0.251 to 0.25
Heavy fogHeavy fog 80 to 20080 to 200 0.2 to 0.080.2 to 0.08
CloudsClouds 300 to 500300 to 500 0.06 to 0.030.06 to 0.03
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Neither snow nor sleet…
UWIN802 installed in Riga, Latvia by “Erseta” in September, 1996.
Ethernet 10 Mbps, ~200 m
“….it works quite well and we have no problems”.
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AR
AB
H
AB
AR
Fade Margin Calculation
Fade Margin calculation
• Loss Factor = L.F. = 10 log AB/AR [dB]
-AB = Beam area; AR = Receiver area
-AB ~ R2HV where
-H = azimuth angle
-V = elevation angle, R = distance
Loss Budget = L.B. = 10 log PB/Pt [dB]
-PB = Power in the beam
-Pt = Threshold power
Fade Margin = F.M. = L.F. - L.B. [dB]
R
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Today, the Photonic Air Link has a special niche in a niche technology
Tomorrow, it may become the key commodity in a mainstream market
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Wireless Interconnection without Electronics
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Current MMF Fibers Used in FSO
Fiber typeFiber type Core diam. Core diam. (microns)(microns)
NANA BandwidthBandwidth
MHz.kmMHz.km
Max length Max length at Gigabit at Gigabit
ETH ETH (meters)(meters)
Graded IndexGraded Index 62.562.5 0.280.28 400400 200200Graded IndexGraded Index 100100 0.290.29 100100 5050Semi GISemi GI 125125 0.300.30 100100 5050Semi GISemi GI 200200 0.370.37 100100 5050Step IndexStep Index 400400 0.390.39 1010 1010Step IndexStep Index 600600 0.390.39 88 55
Note: Gradium lens 50 mm diam. has focal length 80 mm (NA ≈ 0.3)
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Key Components of High Bandwidth Transmission System
Network switch,
PABX, etc
Network Interface Unit
(in or near the equipment closet)
TX
RX
f.o cable NIU Duplex f.o. cable
connectors
Up to 50 m
Optical Antenna Module (OAM)
(on Roof or Tower)
TX
RX
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Media Converter Designs
Media Converter DesignsMedia Converter DesignsAll All λλ MCMC
S
W
TXVCSEL at 850
RX
850,1310,1550f.o. TX at 850 Si Pin or APD RCVR
f.o. RX at 1550 8 dBm
Protocol – independent
Wavelength – independent
Frequency independent
Fig 2.2
O To PAL TX850 nm
or APD RCVR
200 or 400 micron fiber
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Media Converter Designs
Media Converter DesignsMedia Converter Designs(For 1550 nm switches only)(For 1550 nm switches only)
O
S
W
EDFATX
To PAL TX
10-20 dBm
RX
SMF (or MMF)
f.o. 1550 TX
InGaAs pin or APD RSVR (200 µ)
From PAL RX 200 micron fiber
Fig.2.3
Any
Switch
Protocol-independent Media Converter
SMF
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RFIR 100 System
RFIR 100 SystemRFIR 100 System
RADIO
f.o. XcVR&MC
NIU
To & from the network
On the roof or tower
RF antenna
FSRF
Patch cable
The Optical Antenna (IR)
lenses
FSIRRFIR 100
duplex f.o.
duplex coax
Fig. 2.1
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MUX/DeMUX with MMF
1549 nm 1557 nm
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Optical Wireless WDM Experimental Arrangement
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Experimental test under FSO conditions of Nanonics OPT XF
SOURCE (Note 1)
Experimental test under FSO conditions of Nanonics OPT XF
PAL RCVR.
MMF
Plano-convex collimator
f = 80 mm
1.5 meters
OPTXF
FC/PC22 μW
MMF
SMF 9 μ
POWER METER
NANONICS DEVICE
400 nW
Nanonics Taper(62.5 to 9 microns)
17 dB loss
Note: Same experiment repeated with taper from 200 to 70 microns and 75 micron photodiode 10 microns distant, 1 dB loss.
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Future Research
• Large core broadband fiber with high N.A. (BW>200 MHz-km for d>150 microns)
• CWDM demux with large core common input fiber
• Large core EDFA
•Low capacitance, large area photodiodes (MSM?) (BW ≈10 GHz, d≥80 microns)
•Migration to 10 micron wavelength