Wavelength-agile hybrid passive optical networks with dynamic ONU re-grouping functionality

Author

Cheng, Xiaofei ; Xu, Zhaowen ; Yeo, Yong-Kee ; Shao, Xu ; Zhou, Luying

Author_Institution

Inst. for Infocomm Res., Singapore, Singapore

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

We propose a novel hybrid wavelength-division-multiplexed (WDM)/ time-division-multiplexed (TDM) passive optical network (PON) architecture for next-generation optical access networks. This PON is based on a novel virtual PON (VPON) mechanism that will allow wavelength channels to be flexibly allocated to specific ONUs in a dynamic fashion. Dynamic wavelength allocation (DWA) algorithms and dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) algorithms can be combined to optimize the use of bandwidth resources in such a wavelength-agile hybrid WDM/TDM network. We experimentally demonstrate the proposed architecture using a 10-Gb/s downlink and 1.25-Gb/s uplink transmission setup. The experiment results show that the proposed scheme has good transmission performances with dynamic ONU re-grouping functionality.

Keywords

passive optical networks; time division multiplexing; wavelength assignment; wavelength division multiplexing; DBA algorithm; DWA algorithm; VPON mechanism; bit rate 1.25 Gbit/s; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; downlink transmission; dynamic ONU regrouping functionality; dynamic bandwidth allocation algorithm; dynamic wavelength allocation algorithm; next-generation optical access networks; time division multiplexing; uplink transmission; virtual PON mechanism; wavelength channels; wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength-agile hybrid WDM-TDM PON; wavelength-agile hybrid-passive optical networks; Bandwidth; Downlink; Fiber optics; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing; hybrid; pssive optical network; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Information, Communications and Signal Processing (ICICS) 2011 8th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0029-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICICS.2011.6174250

Filename

6174250