• DocumentCode
    1689029
  • Title

    Experimental Upstream Demonstration of a Long Reach Wavelength-Converting PON with DWDM Backhaul

  • Author

    Shea, Darren P. ; Mitchell, John E.

  • Author_Institution
    Univ. Coll. London, London
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    We present experimentally a wavelength converting-PON which uses multiple PONs of similar specification to GPON, with wavelength conversion to provide 38.8 Mbit/s per user to potentially 1280 users over a distance of 120 km.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM backhaul; dense wavelength division multiplexing; optical fibre networks; wavelength-converting PON; Bandwidth; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-831-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348900
  • Filename
    4348900