In-Service Monitoring and Failure Identifying against Fiber Fault in FTTH with Passive In-Line Monitoring (PIM) Device

Author

Ab-Rahman, Mohammad Syuhaimi ; Ng, Boonchuan ; Ismail, Rosmawati ; Ehsan, Abang Anuar ; Shaari, Sahbudin

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr., Electron. & Syst. Eng., Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia

fYear

2009

fDate

7-9 March 2009

Firstpage

61

Lastpage

64

Abstract

This paper focuses on developing a passive in-line monitoring (PIM) device prototype, which used to tap out a small ratio of triple-play signals for in-service monitoring and failure identifying against fiber fault in fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) access network. This device will be installed with the main lines in FTTH permanently to allow the technicians to simply connect it to a portable tester unit for transmission surveillance and failure detection. The PIM device is used to sharply determine the location of break point before repairing. A passive taper circuit is required to obtain the optical signals to provide a visual way of monitoring the receiving signal performance. This device is potentially to improve the service reliability and reduce the repairing cost and time.

Keywords

failure analysis; monitoring; optical fibre subscriber loops; reliability; FTTH; failure detection; failure identifying; fiber fault; fiber-to-the-home access network; in-service monitoring; passive in-line monitoring; passive taper circuit; service reliability; transmission surveillance; Circuit faults; Circuit testing; Condition monitoring; Fault diagnosis; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Optical fiber testing; Prototypes; Signal processing; Surveillance; FTTH; PIM device; failure detection; in-service monitoring; transmission surveillance;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Future Networks, 2009 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Bangkok

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3567-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICFN.2009.63

Filename

5189899