Title: Performance analysis of BER in OFDM-RoF system using 16-QAM modulation for wireless network

Authors: R. Karthikeyan; S. Prakasam

Addresses: Department of CSA, SCSVMV University, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India ' Department of CSA, SCSVMV University, Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract: Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) is a modulation technique to transmit wired and wireless media. Radio over Fibre (RoF) system consists of both wireless and optical links. It is proved technology for the wireless access technique, and the OFDM has core technology for major part of the wireless network. The OFDM-RoF system is the subject of much research of various topics at the moment. OFDM-RoF system provides high speed, large capacity and high spectral efficiency in the recent 4G and upcoming 5G mobile technology with fast data transmission. OFDM has specific modulation methods such as PSK, BPSK, QPSK, and QAM techniques. The aim of this paper is to perform and simulate BER and Q-Factor of OFDM-RoF system at different parameters, including 16-QAM modulation technique using OptiSystem13.0 simulation software.

Keywords: OFDM; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing; RoF; radio over fibre; QAM; quadrature amplitude modulation; Q-factor; performance evaluation; BER; bit error rate; 16-QAM modulation; wireless networks; simulation.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWMC.2016.082284

International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing, 2016 Vol.11 No.4, pp.294 - 301

Received: 22 Jan 2016
Accepted: 20 Oct 2016
Published online: 16 Feb 2017 *

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