Transmission analysis for OFDM signals over hybrid RF-optical high-throughput satellite

Optics Express
Dimitar R Kolev, Morio Toyoshima

Abstract

In this paper, a theoretical investigation of the performance of a communication scenario where a geostationary-orbit satellite provides radio-frequency broadband access to the users through orthogonal-frequency-division multiplexing technology and has an optical feeder link is presented. The interface between the radio frequency and the optical parts is achieved by using radio-on-fiber technology for optical-electro and electro-optical conversion onboard and no further signal processing is required. The proposed scheme has significant potential, but presents limitations related to the noise. The noise in both forward and reverse links is described, and the system performance for an example scenario with 1280 MHz bandwidth for QPSK, 16QAM, and 64QAM subcarrier modulation is estimated. The obtained results show that under certain conditions regarding link budget and components choice, the proposed solution is feasible.

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