A repeatered regional/WDM local access network for delivery of broadcast digital TV

Author

Iannone, P.P. ; Frigo, N.J. ; Reichmann, K.C.

Author_Institution

AT&T Labs.-Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

3

fYear

1999

fDate

21-26 Feb. 1999

Firstpage

324

Abstract

We have demonstrated the delivery of a digital video service over a repeatered regional/local access network. A single commercial uncooled 1.3-mm distributed feedback transmitter at the head end is capable of serving 2,028 subscribers, with a total distance from head end to host digital terminal (HDT) to subscriber of 46 km. Sensitivity measurements show the wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) PON performance to be within 0.25 dB of the non-repeatered baseline for optical input powers to the HDT of -34 dBm.

Keywords

digital television; optical fibre LAN; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical repeaters; optical transmitters; television networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 1.3 mm; 46 km; broadcast digital TV delivery; head end; host digital terminal; non-repeatered baseline; optical input powers; repeatered regional/WDM local access network; repeatered regional/local access network; sensitivity measurements; single commercial uncooled 1.3-mm distributed feedback transmitter; subscriber; total distance; wavelength-division multiplexing; Digital TV; Optical attenuators; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Repeaters; TV broadcasting; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-582-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1999.768152

Filename

768152