Title :
Downstream wavelength reuse for converged wired/wireless access networks based on saturated semiconductor optical amplifiers and filtering
Author :
Puerto, G. ; Mora, J. ; Ortega, B. ; Capmany, J.
Author_Institution :
ITEAM Res. Inst., Univ. Politec. de Valencia, Valencia, Spain
Abstract :
A Fabry-Perot based filter enables a low bandwidth saturated SOA to implement a wavelength reuse scheme for upstream links featuring combined transport of wired and wireless signals. The architecture is experimentally demonstrated in this paper.
Keywords :
optical fibre subscriber loops; optical filters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; Fabry-Perot filter; low bandwidth saturated SOA; optical filtering; saturated semiconductor optical amplifiers; upstream links; wired access networks; wired signal transport; wireless access networks; wireless signal transport; Bandwidth; Fabry-Perot; Optical filters; Optical saturation; Passive optical networks; RF signals; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Wavelength conversion; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics, 2009. MWP '09. International Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Valencia
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4788-6
