Title :
A remotely reconfigurable PON architecture for efficient maintenance and protection
Author :
Lee, Jong Hoon ; Choi, Ki-Man ; Moon, Jung-Hyung ; Lee, Chang-Hee
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a PON architecture that can be remotely reconfigurable for monitoring and protection from fiber failure/degradation. Protection for fiber failures and OTDR test for preventive maintenance can be done without service disruptions.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; preventive maintenance; reconfigurable architectures; OTDR test; fiber failure/degradation; passive optical network; preventive maintenance; remotely reconfigurable PON architecture; Computer architecture; Condition monitoring; Optical control; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber testing; Optical network units; Optical switches; Passive optical networks; Protection; Wavelength division multiplexing; (060.2330) Fiber optics communications; (060.4510) Optical communications;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
