Title :
Scalability of carrier-distributed WDM-PON for Ethernet services; GbE to future 100 GbE
Author :
Nakamura, Hirotaka ; Suzuki, Hiro ; Iwatsuki, Katsumi
Author_Institution :
Lab. of NTT Access Network Service Syst., NTT Corp., Chiba, Japan
Abstract :
We experimentally and theoretically clarify the spectrum sliced effect which is characteristic of all loopback networks. By considering this effect, the scalability of carrier-distributed WDM-PON is discussed for GbE, 10 GbE, and 100 GbE services.
Keywords :
optical fibre LAN; wavelength division multiplexing; Ethernet services; carrier-distributed WDM-PON; Ethernet networks; Optical attenuators; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Passive optical networks; Scalability; Stimulated emission;
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.2006.215959
