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IJEETC 2024 Vol.13(6): 456-466
doi: 10.18178/ijeetc.13.6.456-466

Eliminating Dispersion Power Fading in Radio over Fiber Communication through Unbalanced Sideband Modulation

Febrizal Ujang1,*,, Anhar1, Esra Erianti Butar Butar1, Silvia Anggraeni2, Syah Alam3, Ken Paramayudha4, Rocky Alfanz5, and Teguh Firmansyah5
1. Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Riau, Pekanbaru, Indonesia
2. Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Pembangunan Nasional Veteran Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia
3. Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Trisakti, Jakarta, Indonesia
4. Research Center for Telecommunication, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Bandung, Indonesia
5. Department of Electrical Engineering, Universitas Sultan Ageng Tirtayasa, Cilegon, Indonesia
Email: febrizal@eng.unri.ac.id (F.U.), anhar@lecturer.unri.ac.id (A.), esra.erianti4872@student.unri.ac.id (E.E.B.B.), silvia.anggraeni@upnvj.ac.id (S.A.), syah.alam@trisakti.ac.id (S.A.), ken.paramayudha@brin.go.id (K.P.), rocky.alfanz@untirta.ac.id (R.A.), teguhfirmansyah@untirta.ac.id (T.F.)
*Corresponding author

Manuscript received June 20 2024; revised July 26 2024, accepted August 6 2024.

Abstract—In Radio Over Fiber (RoF) systems, a commonly used approach to reduce the Dispersion Power Fading (DPF) effects is to convert the spectrum of modulated optical signals into Optical Single Sideband (OSSB). This process can be done by modulating the optical carrier using two RF signals that differ in phase by 90. The optical modulator used is the Dual-Drive Mach Zehnder Modulator (DD-MZM). However, implementing this modulation scheme requires a complex transmitter setup. In this study, a novel technique is proposed to address DPF, called as Unbalanced Sideband Modulation (USM). USM is generated by varying the optical signal carrier according to the RF signal using a Single-Drive Mach Zehnder Modulator (SD-MZM). The output of the SD-MZM is subsequently combined with an optical signal of a frequency equivalent to the sum of the optical carrier frequency and the Radio Frequency (RF) signal frequency. The result outcomes indicate that at a modulation index (m) of 1, the DPF level in an RoF link employing conventional SDMZM as an Electro-Optic (E/O) converter is approximately 8.2. In contrast, when using the OSSB produced by the DDMZM, the DPF level of a RoF link is around 0.9. Remarkably, the DPF level significantly drops to 0.2 when the USM scheme is adopted. This result shows the high efficacy of the USM scheme in eliminating DPF compared to both the conventional SD-MZM modulation scheme and the OSSB scheme generated by DD-MZM. Both model calculations and numerical simulations conclusively demonstrate that the USM method effectively mitigates DPF, offering a promising solution in optical communication systems.

 
Index Terms—Dispersion power fading, radio over fiber, Single- Drive Mach Zehnder Modulator (SD-MZM), unbalance sideband modulation

Cite: Febrizal Ujang, Anhar, Esra Erianti Butar Butar, Silvia Anggraeni, Syah Alam, Ken Paramayudha, Rocky Alfanz, and Teguh Firmansyah, "Eliminating Dispersion Power Fading in Radio over Fiber Communication through Unbalanced Sideband Modulation," International Journal of Electrical and Electronic Engineering & Telecommunications, Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 456-466, 2024. doi: 10.18178/ijeetc.13.6.456-466

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