Characterization of a High Capacity Multi-User Optical Access Network Using 1 Gb/s 16 QAM Subcarrier Multiplexing

Author

Giorgi, Luca ; Cavaliere, Fabio ; Ghiggino, Pierpaolo ; Ponzini, Filippo ; Bianchi, Alberto ; Errico, Antonio D.

Author_Institution

Ericsson Res. Italy, Pisa

Volume

27

Issue

9

fYear

2009

fDate

5/1/2009 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1203

Lastpage

1211

Abstract

Error free operation assuming common FEC techniques is experimentally demonstrated for a multi-user optical access network based on 40 channel DWDM-PON infrastructure and Gigabit Ethernet 16 QAM subcarrier multiplexing transmission. Such a system would support 400 users with symmetrical 1.25 Gb/s connections and media independent final connectivity. To replicate actual working conditions, the experimental setup relied only on commercially available components and was tested with realistic distance reach and high sub-channel load.

Keywords

optical fibre LAN; optical fibre subscriber loops; quadrature amplitude modulation; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM-PON infrastructure; FEC techniques; Gigabit Ethernet; QAM subcarrier multiplexing; bit rate 1 Gbit/s; error free operation; high capacity multi-user optical access network; media independent final connectivity; Bandwidth; Costs; Ethernet networks; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical sensors; Passive optical networks; Quadrature amplitude modulation; Telecommunications; Wavelength division multiplexing; 16 QAM; DWDM-PON; gigabit ethernet; passive optical network; subcarrier multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2009.2015965

Filename

4840614