Title :
Coherent 40Gb/s OFDMA-PON for long-reach (100+ km) high-split ratio (>1:64) optical access/metro networks
Author :
Cvijetic, Neda ; Huang, Ming-Fang ; Ip, Ezra ; Shao, Yin ; Huang, Yue-Kai ; Cvijetic, Milorad ; Wang, Ting
Author_Institution :
NEC Labs. America, Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We experimentally demonstrate the first coherent 40Gb/s OFDMA-PON over 100km and 130km straight SSMF with 1:128 and 1:64 passive splits, respectively. By satisfying heterogeneous reach/split requirements, the approach addresses key aspects of optical access/metro convergence.
Keywords :
OFDM modulation; frequency division multiple access; metropolitan area networks; passive optical networks; SSMF; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; coherent OFDMA-PON; distance 100 km; distance 130 km; heterogeneous reach/split requirements; long-reach high-split ratio; metro convergence; metro networks; optical access networks; passive splitting; High speed optical techniques; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Passive optical networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
