Mixed Analog-Digital WDM Local Area Networks

Author

Froberg, Nan M. ; Prince, Joelle L. ; Zhang, Jinye ; Darcie, Thomas E.

Author_Institution

Photonic Syst. Inc., Billerica, MA

fYear

2006

fDate

12-14 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

18

Lastpage

19

Abstract

In WDM avionic LANs, the severity of performance degradation due to multipath interference (MPI) is dependent on the type of transmitter and the signal spectrum, and it is difficult to generalize about its effects without detailed knowledge of the system (Darcie, et. al., 1991). However, the use of low-return loss angle-polished connectors coupled with stringent connector cleaning procedures is expected to reduce MPI to a tolerable level. Therefore, the remainder of this paper will discuss the second linear effect that must be considered in the design of avionic LANs, namely component crosstalk

Keywords

aircraft communication; optical crosstalk; optical fibre LAN; wavelength division multiplexing; MPI; avionic LAN; component crosstalk; local area networks; mixed analog digital WDM; second linear effect; Aerospace electronics; Analog-digital conversion; Cleaning; Connectors; Degradation; Interference; Local area networks; Transmitters; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Avionics Fiber-Optics and Photonics, 2006. IEEE Conference

Conference_Location

Annapolis, MD

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0408-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AVFOP.2006.1707479

Filename

1707479