• DocumentCode
    608502
  • Title

    Dependence of upstream power budget on the number of ONUs in IMDD optical OFDMA PONs

  • Author

    Jin, X.Q. ; Groenewald, J. ; Hugues-Salas, E. ; Giddings, R.P. ; Tang, J.M.

  • Author_Institution
    Sch. of Electron. Eng., Bangor Univ., Bangor, UK
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    17-21 March 2013
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    In optical OFDM multiple access PONs utilizing intensity-modulation/direct-detection, we show, for the first time, that doubling the number of ONUs gives an 1.9dB reduction in upstream power budget, mainly due to decreased signal-to-carrier power ratios.
  • Keywords
    OFDM modulation; passive optical networks; IMDD; ONU; optical OFDM multiple access PON; signal-to-carrier power ratios; upstream power budget; Nonlinear optics; OFDM; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4799-0457-0
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6532642