Self-Restorable WDM-PON With a Color-Free Optical Source

Author

Kim, Joon-young ; Mun, Sil-Gu ; Lee, Hoon-Keun ; Lee, Chang-Hee

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol. (KAIST), Daejeon, South Korea

Volume

1

Issue

6

fYear

2009

fDate

11/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

565

Lastpage

570

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a self-restorable wavelength-division-multiplexing passive optical network (WDM-PON) with a color-free optical source. When the distribution and feeder fiber links are broken, we can successfully recover the network by using optical switches and/or Ethernet switches. If the fault monitors detect the failures, optical switches change the transmission path and the failures are recovered within 10 ms. If we use only Ethernet switches, we can also protect the transmission path failure with the help of the link aggregation control protocol.

Keywords

local area networks; optical switches; passive networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Ethernet switches; WDM-PON; color-free optical source; distribution and feeder fiber links; fault monitors; link aggregation control protocol; optical switches; passive optical network; self-restorable; transmission path failure; wavelength-division-multiplexing; Availability; Optical fiber communication; Passive optical network; Protection; Self-restoration;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Optical Communications and Networking, IEEE/OSA Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1943-0620

Type

jour

DOI

10.1364/JOCN.1.000565

Filename

5308592