Abstract :
The plain old telephone service, POTS, still generates the largest proportion of public network operators´ revenues. If optical communications systems are to compete with traditional twisted-pair copper systems in delivering telephony, they must achieve the same levels of cost and service availability, offer low-risk investment in optical fiber infrastructure, and satisfy the same regulatory requirements. Interferometic optical communications system can meet these requirements, in which the laser in the CPE is replaced by an interferometer for the outgoing voice channel, and part of the received optical power is converted to electrical power using photovoltaic cells and an energy storage device to drive the CPE. The reach of the system is similar to locally powered laser systems in the downstream direction, but back reflections and scattering can affect the upstream link if the communications and powering signals share the same path.
Keywords :
investment; optical fibre subscriber loops; photovoltaic cells; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network reliability; telephony; CPE; FTTH infrastructure; POTS; back reflections; back scattering; electrical power; high service availability; interferometic optical communications system; low risk of investment; optical communications systems; optical fiber; optical fiber infrastructure; optical power; optically powered telephone system; photovoltaic cells; powered laser systems; public network operator revenues; telephone service; twisted-pair copper systems; upstream link; Costs; Fiber nonlinear optics; Network topology; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Optical interferometry; Power demand;
