ZTE Communications ›› 2010, Vol. 8 ›› Issue (3): 56-58.

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Research on Convergence Network of EPON and WiMAX Based on ROF

Zhang Shu, Liu Deming, Wu Guangsheng   

  1. College of Optoelectronic Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, P. R. China
  • Online:2010-09-25 Published:2020-02-28
  • About author:Zhang Shu received his doctoral degree from the College of Optoelectronics Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include optical fiber communications, optical fiber access networks, fiber-wireless convergence, and home network technologies. He has participated in numerous projects funded by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China ("863" program), China Hubei Provincial Science & Technology 10th 5-year program, and National Defense Pre-Research Foundation Program of China. He has published more than 10 papers and applied for 3 national invention patents.

    Liu Deming is a professor and doctoral advisor at the College of Optoelectronics Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. He is also the director of the National Engineering Laboratory for Internet Access System. His research work covers optical fiber communications technology, optical fiber sensing technology, optical network technology, solar energy photovoltaic technology, and semiconductor lighting technology. He has won the third prize in the National Invention Awards, the first prize in the National Natural Science Awards, and the second prize in the Hubei Provincial Technological Invention Awards. He has published more than 100 papers and applied for more than 30 national invention patents.

    Wu Guangsheng received his undergraduate degree from Tianjin University and his master’s and doctoral degrees from the College of Optoelectronics Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology. His research interests include optical fiber access network technology, fiber-wireless convergence technology, and next generation optical network technology. He has participated in numerous projects funded by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China ("863" program), and China Hubei Provincial Science & Technology 10th 5-year program. He has published more than 20 papers, and applied for 10 national invention patents.

Abstract: Convergence of optical and wireless networks is a promising development for future access network architecture. A Radio over Fiber (ROF)-based network that converges Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) and Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) technologies makes it possible to simultaneously transmit EPON baseband signals and WiMAX wireless Radio Frequency (RF) signals. This article elaborates on uplink and downlink transmission, redundancy protection, and roaming features of such a network.