Title :
Simultaneous delivery of four independent broadcast television services over a wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical network
Author :
Reichmann, K.C. ; Frigo, N.J. ; Iannone, P.P. ; Wolf, C. ; Sulhoff, J.W. ; Zyskind, J.L.
Author_Institution :
AT&T Labs.-Res., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We demonstrate simultaneous delivery of four independent digital broadcast television services over a WDM passive optical network (PON) by spectrally slicing Er-doped fibre amplifier (EDFA) amplified LEDs. The composite bandwidth of 2 GHz carries more than 320 channels of digital television, and is delivered independently of private point-to-point services which are possible over the WDM PON architecture. We compare the WGR as a broadcast distribution element to a passive splitter
Keywords :
wavelength division multiplexing; 2 GHz; EDFA amplified LEDs; Er-doped fibre amplifier; SiO2:Er; WDM PON architecture; WDM passive optical network; broadcast distribution element; composite bandwidth; digital television; independent broadcast television services; passive splitter; point-to-point services; spectrally slicing; wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical network;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971584
