Dual Waveband Remote Node for Extended Reach Full-Duplex 10 Gb/s Hybrid PONs

Author

Schrenk, Bernhard ; Chatzi, Sotiria ; Bonada, Francesc ; Lazaro, Jose A. ; Tomkos, Ioannis ; Prat, Josep

Author_Institution

Dept. of Signal Theor. & Commun., Polytech. Univ. of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain

Volume

28

Issue

10

fYear

2010

fDate

5/15/2010 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1503

Lastpage

1509

Abstract

A remote node design for C + L band amplification is characterized and shown to cover the advanced optical power budget for a 55 km reach, 1:32 split hybrid Passive Optical Network (PON) with symmetrical full-duplex 10 Gb/s transmission. Different types of Erbium-doped fiber, designed for the C- and L-band are evaluated in a bidirectional amplification stage at the remote nodes of a ring + tree network, providing 5-10 dB of power margin for the reception of down- and upstream, despite degradation of the Optical Signal-to-Noise Ratio (OSNR). The evolution of signal power and the noise accumulation along the light path is discussed for both wavebands.

Keywords

amplification; erbium; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre networks; signal processing; C + L band amplification; C-band; L-band; OSNR; bidirectional amplification; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; dual waveband remote node; erbium-doped fiber; hybrid PON; hybrid passive optical network; noise accumulation; optical power budget; optical signal-to-noise ratio; remote node design; ring + tree network; signal power; symmetrical full-duplex transmission; Optical fiber amplifiers; optical fiber communication; passive optical networks; remote optical amplification;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2010.2046474

Filename

5439968