The Military Demonstration Kit of Optical Transmission using Time Division Multiplexing Technique

Abstract

This research presents a military demonstration kit of optical transmission using Time-Division Multiplexing. It is designed and developed to behave like a tactical radio series RL 422A relay based on the principle of digital transmission using TDM through an optical fiber communication system. The experiments focus on the calculation of the bit error rate using an eye diagram of the signals measured both in the optical fiber signal and through the machine and tactical broadcast radio in order to be the military demonstration kit for Communication Systems Laboratory subject. The results show that this kit can transmit 4 digital signals and also its frequency can be adjusted accordingly. Also, the eye diagram is used to calculate the signal bit error rate in fiber optic and tactical radio relay. The researchers also performed the experiments on 12 cadets which aimed to verify their knowledge improvement before and after using this kit. The results show that an average score of 6.83 out of 15 on a pre-test and an average score of 13.5 after working on this kit. In conclusion, this demonstration kit can be used effectively for learning and teaching on Optical Communication theory.