Alternatives for powering the hybrid fiber/coax networks

Author

Jain, Praveen ; Cooper, David ; Tullius, Nick

Author_Institution

Bell-Northern Res., Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1994

fDate

30 Oct-3 Nov 1994

Firstpage

83

Lastpage

89

Abstract

The characteristics of three types of power distribution systems for a drop segment of a hybrid optical fiber/coaxial cable telecommunication architecture are compared: DC; low frequency AC; and high frequency AC. It is shown in the paper that the high frequency distribution system has potential advantages in terms of high efficiency, small size of power converters, and low cost of powering. A prototype system which distributes 30 V (RMS) at 128 kHz over coaxial cable is built and experimental results are given which support the high frequency distribution as an attractive and viable option

Keywords

cable television; coaxial cables; community antenna television; distribution networks; economics; optical fibre communication; optical fibre networks; power convertors; telecommunication power supplies; 128 kHz; 30 V; CATV; DC; cost; drop segment; efficiency; high frequency AC; hybrid optical fiber/coaxial cable telecommunication network; low frequency AC; power converters; power distribution systems; Analog-digital conversion; Coaxial cables; Coaxial components; Costs; Frequency conversion; Optical fiber cables; Optical fibers; Optical frequency conversion; Power distribution; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Telecommunications Energy Conference, 1994. INTELEC '94., 16th International

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

0-7803-2034-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INTLEC.1994.396607

Filename

396607