• DocumentCode
    2016376
  • Title

    Resilient single-fiber ring access network using coupler-based OADMs and RSOA-based ONUs

  • Author

    Bock, Carlos ; Arellano, Cristina ; Prat, Josep

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Signal Theory & Commun., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    An extended PON access network based on a central single-fiber ring and secondary trees is presented and experimentally demonstrated. The architecture provides resilience and load balancing mechanisms that are totally transparent to the end users.
  • Keywords
    multiplexing equipment; optical communication equipment; optical fibre couplers; optical fibre subscriber loops; semiconductor optical amplifiers; RSOA; coupler; load balancing mechanisms; optical add and drop multiplexers; optical network unit; resilient single-fiber ring access network; Couplers; Fiber lasers; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical scattering; Passive optical networks; Resilience; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215859
  • Filename
    1636890