Optical Overlay of Multicast Stream on a Survivable WDM Passive Optical Network

Author

Yang Qiu ; Chun-Kit Chan

Author_Institution

Coll. of Electr. & Inf. Eng., Southwest Univ. for Nat., Chengdu, China

Volume

25

Issue

6

fYear

2013

fDate

15-Mar-13

Firstpage

584

Lastpage

586

Abstract

We propose a novel scheme to perform an optical multicast overlay on a survivable wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network. By flexibly controlling a sinusoidal clock signal and an optical switch at the optical line terminal, optical sub-carriers, which enable not only protection for distribution and feeder fibers, but also multicast data delivery, are generated. 10-Gb/s transmissions under both normal working and protection modes are experimentally demonstrated.

Keywords

multicast communication; optical communication equipment; optical switches; overlay networks; passive optical networks; wavelength division multiplexing; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; distribution protection; feeder fibers; multicast data delivery; optical line terminal; optical multicast stream; optical overlay; optical subcarriers; optical switch; sinusoidal clock signal; survivable WDM passive optical network; survivable wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Unicast; Multicast; passive optical network; survivable; wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2013.2244877

Filename

6450052