Title :
Cost-effective WDM-PON for simultaneously transmitting unicast and broadcast/multicast data by superimposing IRZ signal onto NRZ signal
Author :
Cai, Lei ; Xiao, Shilin ; Liu, Zhixin ; Li, Rongyu ; Zhu, Min ; Hu, Weisheng
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Adv. Opt. Commun. Syst. & Networks, Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ., Shanghai
Abstract :
We propose a novel WDM-PON broadcast/multicast architecture that superimposes inverse-RZ signal onto NRZ unicast signal. Multicast control is realized through extinction ratio adjustment of the NRZ signal.
Keywords :
multicast communication; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; broadcast-multicast data; cost-effective WDM-PON; extinction ratio adjustment; inverse return-to-zero data; multicast control; return-to-zero signal; unicast transmission; wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network; Broadcasting; Erbium; Extinction ratio; Multimedia communication; Optical interferometry; Optical network units; Optical signal processing; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Unicast;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729390
