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

Volume

4

fYear

1997

fDate

22-25 Sep 1997

Firstpage

69

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

iet

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

ISSN

0537-9989

Print_ISBN

0-85296-697-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1049/cp:19971584

Filename

628595