Luis Cuzco Torres and Jonnathan Arias Regalado, electronic engineering students in Cuenca, along with Professor Andres Ortega, took part in the IEEE Colombian Conference on Communications and Computing "COLCOM 2016", which was held in Colombia. They presented the paper titled "LDPC-DWDM Processing for Optical Communications using Polymer Fiber". 

Luis Cuzco presented his project which is based on the appearance of a new concept in the field of telecommunications called FIWI or ROF (Radio Over Fiber). A combination of wireless networks and optical communications, these networks encourage the development of research on new optimization schemes and multiple access systems that will guarantee appropriate performance in the center of network and quality service of QoS for end users. The research presented in the congress shows a simulation created in Matlab of the optical fiber transmission system, it proposes processing with the combination of LDPC (low density parity check) and DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) on poly methyl methacrylate fiber (PMMA).

The work presented with the simulation of optical-electrical signals is intended to be the basis for simulation of real scenarios within the growing demand for data traffic and increased communication speed. In our country, optical processing is still a research field because today much of the copper technology is being replaced by fiber optics, therefore leading to a display in which the processing plays an important role in designing the network.

Professor Ortega and his students said their participation in this event allowed them to learn about new scientific advances in the field of telecommunications and computing, which were presented by researchers from several universities.