Title :
Distributed optical passive star couplers
Author :
Irshid, Mansour ; Kavehrad, Mohsen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Jordan Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Irbid, Jordan
fDate :
3/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A technique is presented by which a single centralized passive star coupler in an optical star network is replaced by a distributed one. This is done by partitioning the star coupler into numerous pieces and placing them at the network nodes. Such a placement results in a great saving in the number of fibers required to build the star network. In addition to this saving, the problems associated with constructing a large single N*N star coupler are bypassed.<>
Keywords :
fibre optics; frequency division multiplexing; multiplexing equipment; optical couplers; WDM; distributed star couplers; fibre couplers; network nodes; optical passive star couplers; optical star network; Attenuation; Network topology; Optical attenuators; Optical devices; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Telecommunication network topology; Throughput; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
