Title :
A survivable WDM PON with alternate-path switching
Author :
Sun, Xiaofeng ; Chan, Chun-Kit ; Chen, Lian-Kuan
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
Abstract :
We propose and demonstrate a survivable WDM PON with simple ONUs. By employing our proposed alternate-path switching scheme, traffic can be restored promptly under feeder and distribution fiber link failures as well as the AWG failure in the RN simultaneously.
Keywords :
arrayed waveguide gratings; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; AWG failure; alternate-path switching; distribution fiber link failures; survivable WDM PON; traffic; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Protection; Sun; Wavelength assignment; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215852
