Title :
First demonstration of a wavelength swept discovery process for λ-tunable WDM/TDM-PON system
Author :
Sarashina, Masahiro ; Tamai, Hideaki ; Furusawa, Satoshi ; Suzuki, A. ; Kashima, Masayuki ; Mukojima, Toshiaki ; Kaneko, Shin ; Yoshida, Takafumi ; Kimura, Shunji ; Yoshimoto, Naoto
Author_Institution :
Oki Electr. Ind. Co. Ltd., Warabi, Japan
Abstract :
We propose a wavelength swept discovery process for λ-tunable WDM/TDM-PON systems. The characteristic of this proposed discovery method is the colorless operation which must be supported in NG-PON2. We first demonstrate the proposed discovery process on a λ-tunable WDM/TDM-PON prototype and confirmed its effect. This result realizes the attractive functions of the λ-tunable WDM/TDM-PON system with OLT power saving, pay-as-you-grow deployment, and PON protection.
Keywords :
next generation networks; passive optical networks; time division multiplexing; tuning; wavelength division multiplexing; λ-tunable WDM/TDM-PON system; NG-PON2; OLT power saving; PON protection; colorless operation; pay-as-you-grow deployment; wavelength swept discovery process; Bandwidth; Logic gates; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Prototypes; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2014
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-5575-2994-7
DOI :
10.1364/OFC.2014.Tu2A.7
