Title :
Experimental Upstream Demonstration of a Long Reach Wavelength-Converting PON with DWDM Backhaul
Author :
Shea, Darren P. ; Mitchell, John E.
Author_Institution :
Univ. Coll. London, London
Abstract :
We present experimentally a wavelength converting-PON which uses multiple PONs of similar specification to GPON, with wavelength conversion to provide 38.8 Mbit/s per user to potentially 1280 users over a distance of 120 km.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM backhaul; dense wavelength division multiplexing; optical fibre networks; wavelength-converting PON; Bandwidth; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348900
