• DocumentCode
    1580653
  • Title

    FSK+ASK/ASK operation for optical 20/10 Gbps access networks with simple reflective user terminals

  • Author

    Schrenk, Bernhard ; De Valicourt, Guilhem ; Lazaro, Jose A. ; Prat, Josep

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Signal Theor. & Comm., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
  • fYear
    2011
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Doubling of the downstream rate by reusing the reflective upstream modulator is demonstrated. With just two photo-detectors, a RSOA and a power splitter at the ONU, a 20/10 Gbps mode can be provided per wavelength.
  • Keywords
    amplitude shift keying; frequency shift keying; optical communication equipment; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical modulation; photodetectors; semiconductor optical amplifiers; FSK-ASK operation; ONU; RSOA; downstream rate doubling; optical access networks; photodetector; power splitter; reflective upstream modulator; reflective user terminal; semiconductor optical amplifier; Amplitude shift keying; Bit error rate; Frequency shift keying; Optical fibers; Optical network units;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
  • Conference_Location
    Los Angeles, CA
  • ISSN
    pending
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4577-0213-6
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    5875173