A Remotely Reconfigurable Remote Node for Next-Generation Access Networks

Author

Lee, Jong Hoon ; Choi, Ki-Man ; Lee, Chang-Hee

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Korea Adv. Inst. of Sci. & Technol., Daejeon

Volume

20

Issue

11

fYear

2008

fDate

6/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

915

Lastpage

917

Abstract

A remotely reconfigurable remote node (RN) for next-generation (NG) access networks is proposed and demonstrated. The RN is remotely reconfigured by instantaneous optical powering at the central office through feeder fiber and maintained in a passive state by employing optical latching switches (OLSs). The feasibility of the proposed RN is demonstrated by investigating the operating conditions of optical powering for the reconfiguration and its nonlinear effect both for time-division-multiplexing passive optical network (TDM-PON) as legacy services and wavelength-division-multiplexing passive optical network (WDM-PON) as NG services. The existence of OLSs for reconfigurability and crosstalk effect between TDM-PON and WDM-PON are negligible on transmission performance.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; optical switches; passive networks; subscriber loops; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; central office; feeder fiber; instantaneous optical powering; next-generation access networks; nonlinear effect; optical latching switches; passive state; remotely reconfigurable remote node; time-division-multiplexing passive optical network; wavelength-division-multiplexing passive optical network; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Fiber nonlinear optics; Next generation networking; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Photovoltaic systems; Solar power generation; New remote node (RN) configuration; next-generation (NG) access; wavelength-division-multiplexing passive optical network (WDM-PON); wavelength-locked Fabry–PÉrot laser diode (F-P LD);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2008.921848

Filename

4515992