Unlimited FTTH-PON scaling by exploiting the AWG free spectral range

Author

Hilm, Sahrul ; Lee, Bernard H L ; Dimyati, Kaharudin

Author_Institution

Lightwave Syst. Unit, TM Res. & Dev. Sdn Bhd, Selangor, Malaysia

Volume

1

fYear

2005

fDate

16-18 Nov. 2005

Abstract

This paper investigates the performance of a novel 2.5 Gbps FTTH-PON network architecture which employs a passive optical booster configuration for future user scaling. The passive booster configuration uses an N×N AWG and exploits its cyclical routing table which is made possible by the device´s free spectral range (FSR) property configuration for future user and services scaling. The new configuration is compared with a conventional access network configuration which is based on the FTTH-EPON standard.

Keywords

arrayed waveguide gratings; optical fibre LAN; optical fibre subscriber loops; telecommunication network routing; AWG free spectral range; Ethernet passive optical networks; FTTH-EPON standard; FTTH-PON network architecture; access network configuration; arrayed waveguide grating; cyclical routing table; fiber-to-the-home; passive optical booster configuration; unlimited FTTH-PON scaling; user scaling; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bandwidth; Electronic equipment testing; FCC; IEEE members; Internet; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Passive optical networks; Time division multiple access; Wavelength division multiplexing; Access Network; Arrayed Waveguide Grating; FTTH-PON; Free Spectral Range; Network Scalability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Networks, 2005. Jointly held with the 2005 IEEE 7th Malaysia International Conference on Communication., 2005 13th IEEE International Conference on

ISSN

1531-2216

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0000-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICON.2005.1635532

Filename

1635532