Title :
Experimental demonstration of a cost-effective broadcast overlay for a commercial WDM PON
Author :
Iannone, P.P. ; Reichmann, K.C. ; Pastor, J. ; Brinton, C.G. ; Lee, C-H ; Rhy, H-Y ; Lam, Y.-L.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs.-Res., Middletown, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate a simple cost-effective broadcast overlay for WDM PON which uses a single directly modulated superluminescent diode to deliver an RF video or baseband gigabit-Ethernet service to all 32 users. We measure the performance of both an RF subcarrier-based video broadcast service as well as a gigabit-Ethernet (GbE) broadcast, and show that the performance of the WDM PON is unaffected by these overlays.
Keywords :
optical fibre LAN; passive optical networks; superluminescent diodes; wavelength division multiplexing; RF subcarrier-based video broadcast service; baseband gigabit-Ethernet service; commercial WDM PON; cost-effective broadcast overlay; gigabit-Ethernet broadcast; superluminescent diode; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Passive optical networks; Radio frequency; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
