Title :
40 km passive optical metro-access ring (POMAR) including a protection scheme based on bi-directional fibers
Author :
Dorgeuille, F. ; Noirie, L. ; Bisson, A.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
We demonstrated a 40 km passive optical metro-access ring (POMAR) including 5 nodes able to carry up to 2×(16×2.5) Gbit/s without amplification. An original 1+1 protection scheme based on bi-directional fibers was implemented, not limited by the Rayleigh back scattering.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; backscatter; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical fibres; 2.5 Gbit/s; 40 km; Rayleigh back scattering; bi-directional fibers; passive optical metro-access ring; protection scheme; Bidirectional control; Bit error rate; Costs; Delta modulation; Extinction ratio; Insertion loss; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Protection; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248403