FTTx Link design using bend-insensitive fibers

Author

Thollabandi, Madhan ; Sardesai, Harshad P ; Watekar, Pramod ; Bezawada, Nagaraju ; Bhattacharya, Avik ; Kodigare, Swati ; Jyot, Bikram ; Mishra, Akhilesh Kumar ; Gomatam, Badri

Author_Institution

Centre of Excellence, Sterlite Technol. Ltd., Aurangabad, India

fYear

2014

fDate

Feb. 28 2014-March 2 2014

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Given the tight power margins in Fiber to the Home (FTTH) network, one should carefully select fibers to overcome the macro-bending and staple losses which dominate especially at the consumer premises (CP). Bend-insensitive fibers (G.657 series) should be used in FTTH networks which gives network design architects more flexibility in system design, solves scalability issues in FTTH networks, and provides for a safety margin during deployment. This paper discuss the effect of macro bending and staple losses on the optical power margins of FTTH network and gives guide lines on fiber choices in each of the two fiber deployment scenarios - Multi Dwelling Units (MDUs) and Row Houses (RHs).

Keywords

optical fibre subscriber loops; FTTH networks; FTTx link design; MDU; RH; bend-insensitive fibers; consumer premises; fiber to the home network; multi dwelling units; row houses; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber dispersion; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; FTTX; bend-insensitive fibers; link budget; macro-bend loss; staple loss;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications (NCC), 2014 Twentieth National Conference on

Conference_Location

Kanpur

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/NCC.2014.6811267

Filename

6811267