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
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;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
