Demonstration of extended split APON

Author

De Vos, B. ; Fredricx, F. ; Vetter, Peter ; Ossieur, P. ; Bauwelinck, J. ; Qiu, Xing-Zhi ; Vandewege, J. ; Watte, Jan

Author_Institution

Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Antwerpen, Belgium

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

437

Lastpage

439

Abstract

An end-to-end data link was demonstrated on an ATM passive optical networks (APON) with extended splitting factor of 128 and 256. The measurements show that the transparent solution can regroup PONs to a split of 128 and 256 on the condition of the optical network units having a limited maximal distance of, for example, 10 km. This solution reuses the standard APON IT hardware. We have also demonstrated that the hardware upgrade solution achieves PON topologies with an extended split of 128 and 256. The critical required increase in upstream sensitivity is offered by the combination of the APD-based burst mode receiver with the low loss combiner.

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; avalanche photodiodes; optical fibre networks; optical receivers; telecommunication switching; 10 km; APD-based burst mode receiver; ATM passive optical networks; LLC; ONUs; PON topologies; avalanche photodiodes; end-to-end data link; extended split APON; hardware upgrade solution; limited maximal distance; low loss combiner; transparent solution; upstream sensitivity; Animals; Mesh networks; Network topology; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Protection; Robustness; Telecommunication traffic; USA Councils; WDM networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036469

Filename

1036469