Transparent fiber-optic system to extend digital subscriber lines

Author

Dodds, David E. ; Cruder, Oliver ; Labbe, Mark

Author_Institution

Telecommun. Res. Labs, Saskatoon, Sask., Canada

Volume

4

fYear

2004

Firstpage

2189

Abstract

A transparent optical feeder has been developed to enlarge the service area of digital subscriber line (DSL) systems and provide higher data rates to customers. In this fiber/copper distribution system, the optical feeder constitutes a "lossless cable" that connects to the relatively short copper distribution pairs that service individual customers. PCM encoding and digital transmission on the optical fiber enable the transport of DSL signal waveforms. The system architecture, features, and measured performance are described in this paper.

Keywords

copper; data communication; digital communication; digital subscriber lines; optical fibre subscriber loops; pulse code modulation; DSL signal waveforms; PCM encoding; data rates; digital subscriber lines; digital transmission; fiber/copper distribution system; lossless cable; measured performance; optical fiber; service area enlargement; system architecture; transparent fiber-optic system; transparent optical feeder; Central office; Copper; DSL; High speed optical techniques; Internet telephony; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber cables; Optical filters; Power cables;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2004. Canadian Conference on

ISSN

0840-7789

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8253-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CCECE.2004.1347678

Filename

1347678