Title :
New transmissive star couplers for full duplex channels
Author :
Healey, P. ; Faulkner, D.W.
Author_Institution :
British Telecom Research Laboratories, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
The letter describes a new type of optical transmissive star coupler which allows full duplex operation to be achieved with half the transmission channels of conventional transmissive star networks.
Keywords :
multi-access systems; optical communication equipment; optical couplers; optical links; telecommunication networks; CDMA; FDMA; TDMA; WDMA; full duplex channels; mate star; multiple-access optical networks; optical communication equipment; optical links; sparse traffic matrix; transmissive star couplers;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19860228
