Design of Wavelength Division Multiplexing based Passive Optical Network Transmission System using Heterodyne Receiver for 5G Transport

Abstract

Fifth Generation network standard has put higher peak data rate (10x) and very low latency requirements (1/10) as compared to its predecessor 4G network. In any mobile network implementation, the transport network is critical component for delivering the intended services. The demand for high data rate in 5G requires massive capacity upgrade in the transport network. On the other hand, latency in 4G and older technologies is too much as compared to 5G requirements. Hence Building low-latency and high-capacity transport networks is vital for new high-speed cellular technologies. Optical fiber-based technologies are essential to meet the high bandwidth demands of 5G transport Network. The two contending optical technologies for 5G transport are point-to-point (P2P) fiber access and point-to-multipoint (P2MP). P2P fiber access has low fiber efficiency and requires infrastructure installation for new deployment. Point-to multipoint fiber has high fiber efficiency as compared to P2P. Among the P2MP fiber options, TDM-PON uses dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) to multiplex services which introduces 1ms delay. On the other hand, WDM-PON doesn't require DBA, thus is a good candidate for low latency services. Studies on WDM-PON are using homodyne receiver. The proposed network was simulated in Opti Wave Optisystem simulation software. In this thesis, a new 2.4 Tbps WDM-PON based network using heterodyne receivers was built as solution for 5G transport network requirements. The performance of the new system was compared with back to-back model using BER and OSNR. An OSNR of 15.4 is required to obtain a BER of 10−3 dB for Heterodyne System while an OSNR of 14.8 dB is required for Back-to-Back System which is 0.6 dB higher. The results obtained from the Heterodyne system simulation are very close to the result found in case of back-to-back system. Hence, the WDM Dual Polarization 8-PSK PON system with heterodyne receiver can be used in 5G transmission