100 Mb/s Ethernet Transmission Over 275 m of Large Core Step Index Polymer Optical Fiber: Results From the POF-ALL European Project

Author

Lopez, Daniel Felipe Cárdenas ; Nespola, Antonino ; Camatel, Stefano ; Abrate, Silvio ; Gaudino, Roberto

Author_Institution

Ist. Superiore Mario Boella, Torino, Italy

Volume

27

Issue

14

fYear

2009

fDate

7/15/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

2908

Lastpage

2915

Abstract

We present our prototype solution for transmitting 100 Mb/s Ethernet data over large core (1 mm) step-index polymer optical fiber (POF), as one of the final results of the EU-funded project POF-ALL. The system is demonstrated over a record maximum distance of 275 m, largely outperforming CAT-5 systems and currently commercially available POF media converters. These results let us envision POF deployment for home networking and industrial automation and in general for all those environments in which ease of installation, rugged solution, low-cost and electromagnetic compatibility issues are requested.

Keywords

electromagnetic compatibility; optical fibre LAN; optical polymers; polymer fibres; CAT-5 systems; Ethernet data transmission; POF media converters; POF-ALL European Project; bit rate 100 Mbit/s; distance 275 m; electromagnetic compatibility; home networking; industrial automation; large-core step index polymer optical fiber; size 1 mm; Electromagnetic compatibility; Ethernet networks; Firewire; Home automation; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical polymers; Optical transmitters; Prototypes; Transceivers; Industrial application; media converter; polymer optical fiber; pulse amplitude modulation;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2009.2019609

Filename

5159541