Cost-efficient remote PON monitoring based on OTDR measurement and OTM functionality

Author

Urban, P.J. ; Dahlfort, S.

Author_Institution

Ericsson Res., Ericsson AB, Stockholm, Sweden

fYear

2011

fDate

26-30 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We present a method to monitor single- and cascaded-splitter TDM-PON systems based on combined techniques of Optical Time-Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) and Optical Transceiver Monitoring (OTM). The method is non-invasive to data traffic flow and requires no additional functionality (hardware or software) at the Optical Network Terminals (ONT). The description of the Fiber Plant Manager (FPM) overall architecture and components is followed by measurement results proving the concept on a 25-km 1:32 PON testbed.

Keywords

optical time-domain reflectometry; optical transceivers; passive optical networks; telecommunication network management; OTDR measurement; OTM functionality; cascaded-splitter TDM-PON systems; cost efficient remote PON monitoring; data traffic flow; distance 25 km; fiber plant manager; optical network terminals; optical time domain reflectometry; optical transceiver monitoring; single-splitter TDM-PON systems; Integrated optics; Monitoring; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Passive optical networks; Rayleigh backscattering; monitoring; optical time-domain reflectometry; passive optical network;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Stockholm

ISSN

2161-2056

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0881-7

Electronic_ISBN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2011.5970975

Filename

5970975