Title :
Measuring the individual attenuation distribution of passive branched optical networks
Author :
Tanaka, Kuniaki ; Tateda, Mitsuhiro ; Inoue, Yasuyuki
Author_Institution :
NTT Access Network Syst. Lab., Ibaraki, Japan
fDate :
7/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We propose a new method for measuring the individual attenuation distribution of passive branched optical networks and describe our experimental results. This test method employs two techniques. One is a passive optical distribution technique, whereby communication light is uniformly distributed to all branched fibers, and test lights are distributed to each branched fiber according to their wavelength. The other is an attenuation distribution measurement technique using an optical time domain reflectometer (OTDR) which can control the test light wavelength.
Keywords :
attenuation measurement; optical fibre losses; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical fibre testing; optical loss measurement; optical time-domain reflectometry; attenuation distribution measurement; communication light; fiber testing; optical time domain reflectometry; passive branched optical networks; passive optical distribution; Attenuation measurement; Communication system control; Lighting control; Measurement techniques; Optical attenuators; Optical control; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber testing; Wavelength measurement;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
