Title :
Fully-passive resiliency switch for agile PON restoration
Author :
Schrenk, Bernhard ; Lieger, Roland ; Lorunser, Thomas ; Bakopoulos, Paraskevas ; Poppe, Andreas ; Stierle, Martin ; Avramopoulos, Hercules ; Leopold, Helmut
Author_Institution :
Dept. Safety&Security / Opt. Quantum Technol., AIT Austrian Inst. of Technol., Vienna, Austria
Abstract :
We present a network recovery concept based on fully-passive inline demarcation nodes powered through energy scavenging at low optical feed level of -10dBm. Protection switching in 10.7 ms is experimentally demonstrated at the PON feeder.
Keywords :
energy harvesting; optical switches; passive optical networks; agile PON restoration; energy scavenging; fully-passive inline demarcation node; fully-passive resiliency protection switching; network recovery concept; optical feed level; Feeds; Optical fibers; Optical pumping; Optical switches; Passive optical networks; Resilience;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
