Performance comparison of wavelet packet transform based and conventional coherent optical OFDM transmission system

In this work, the performance of WPT-COOFDM system is investigated and compared to that of FFT-COOFDM system over a fiber link. Simulation results show that the longer length of wavelet filters achieve a better performance, whereas the complexity is higher. For different wavelet mother functions employed in WPT-COOFDM systems, the chromatic dispersion robust of John64E wavelet outperforms that of other wavelets, and which could be a viable alternative for coherent optical OFDM to be considered in short distance transmissions. The simulation results also show that most of the developed wavelet mother functions mainly for image processing are not suitable for COOFDM transmission for its sensitivity to chromatic dispersion.