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Synergizing intelligent signal processing with wavelength-division multiplexing for enhanced efficiency and speed in photonic network communications

  • Riyaz Saiyyed , Manoj Sindhwani , Neeraj Kumar Mishra , Hunny Pahuja , Shippu Sachdeva and Manoj Kumar Shukla
Published/Copyright: August 13, 2024
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Journal of Optical Communications
From the journal Journal of Optical Communications Volume 46 Issue 3

Abstract

The explosive growth of worldwide mobile data traffic seeks innovations in communication technology to cater to the mounting need for rapid connectivity, high-capacity connections. The mainstreaming of 5G technologies for communication is a dramatic step towards meeting the aforementioned goals, with the ability for reshaping IoT (Internet of things), D2D (device-to-Device) communications, and the smart grids. This work conveys an in-depth study of the fundamental innovations that underlie 5G, including full-duplex distribution, huge multiple-input-multiple-output, ultra-dense connections, the phenomenon of beamforming and millimeter-wave approaches. A special emphasis is focused on the integration of photonic technologies, or microwave photonics, which serves as a critical multidisciplinary study topic. Optical fibers, with their tremendous bandwidth and capacity, have been determined as the best medium for backhaul and fronthaul amenities, outpacing conventional copper cables to accommodate tiny cells and next-generation networks. The synergy between optical and wireless access technologies is analyzed with the emphasis on the central role of wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) for improving network efficiency and speed. The investigation additionally explores the possibility of intelligent signal processing methods combined with WDM to optimize photonic network communications. The mingling of these technologies anticipates producing unrivaled levels of performance, rupturing the path for an additional intelligent, interconnected era.

Keywords: intelligent signal processing; WDM; photonics for 5G; microwave photonics; photonic silicon; optical beamforming
Corresponding author: Manoj Sindhwani, School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Lovely Professional University, Phagwara, Punjab, India, E-mail:

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  2. Author contributions: The authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this manuscript and approved its submission.

  3. Competing interests: The authors state no conflict of interest.

  4. Research funding: None declared.

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Received: 2024-05-17
Accepted: 2024-07-07
Published Online: 2024-08-13
Published in Print: 2025-07-28

© 2024 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/joc-2024-0139
Keywords for this article
intelligent signal processing; WDM; photonics for 5G; microwave photonics; photonic silicon; optical beamforming

Articles in the same Issue

  1. Frontmatter
  2. Amplifiers
  3. Detailed scrutiny of FWM in holmium-doped fiber amplifier (HOFA) in WDM systems
  4. A double clad ASE Re-injected hybrid TDFA and HDFA amplifier with ±1.44 dB GF
  5. Detectors
  6. Performance parameters estimation of high speed Silicon/Germanium/InGaAsP avalanche photodiodes wide bandwidth capability in ultra high speed optical communication system
  7. Devices
  8. Performance study of microwave photonic links by considering the effect of phase shifters and bias conditions on dual-drive dual parallel Mach–Zehnder modulator
  9. Fibers
  10. High birefringence low loss nearly zero flat dispersion similar to slotted core photonic crystal fibers
  11. Comparative analysis of high index core micro structured optical fibers (HIMSOF) and hollow core band gap fibers (HCBGF) performance efficiency in fiber communication system
  12. Management of lateral misalignment loss and total insertion loss with beam waist control in high contrast single mode coupling fibers
  13. Networks
  14. Enabling ultra-high bit rate transmission with CFBG as dispersion compensator in an OptiSpan 240 km DWDM network
  15. Performance and energy efficiency enhancement of existing optical communication systems by incorporating resource allocation on demand technique in FiWi networks
  16. A fiber-wireless integration approach in WDM-PON architecture, boosted with polarization multiplexing and optical frequency comb source
  17. Optimizing Fi-Wi network performance through advanced multiplexing techniques: a comparative analysis for enhanced quality metrics
  18. Synergizing intelligent signal processing with wavelength-division multiplexing for enhanced efficiency and speed in photonic network communications
  19. Systems
  20. Simulation design for Ro-FSO communications system by digital modulation schemes
  21. Implementing green optical waveform system using hybrid cognitive methods for QAM transmission scheme
  22. MZM–SOA based RoF system for 30-tuple millimeter-wave generation
  23. Hybrid optical-electronic compensation of fiber nonlinearity for long-haul coherent optical transmission
  24. High speed operation efficiency of doped light sources with the silica-doped fiber channel for extended optical fiber system reach
  25. Relative intensity noise management and thermal/shot noise control for high speed ultra high bandwidth fiber reach transmission performance
  26. Simulative analysis of carrier suppressed return to zero based symmetrical compensated optical link
  27. A combination of DST precoder and ICF based-methods for PAPR suppression in OFDM signal
  28. Evaluating the effectiveness of various diversity and combining techniques on an RF-FSO link
  29. Comparative study of DCT-and DHT-based OFDM systems over doubly dispersive fading channels
  30. Design and performance of WDM system for high-speed optical communication on different modulation formats
  31. Transmission of data rate by radio over free space optical communications system under turbulence conditions
  32. Implementation of companding scheme for performance enhancement of optical OFDM structure
  33. Theory
  34. High thermal stability and high-performance efficiency capability of light sources–based rate equation models in optical fiber transmission systems
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