Title :
A 10 Gb/s passive-components-based WDM-TDM reconfigurable optical access network architecture
Author :
Tran, Nguyen-Cac ; Jung, Hyun-Do ; Okonkwo, Chigo ; Tangdiongga, Eduward ; Koonen, Ton
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
We propose a cost-effective, reconfigurable optical access network by employing passive components in the remote node and dual conventional optical transceivers in ONUs. The architecture is demonstrated with bidirectional transmission at 10 Gb/s.
Keywords :
optical transceivers; passive optical networks; subscriber loops; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; ONU; WDM-TDM reconfigurable optical access network architecture; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; dual conventional optical transceivers; optical network units; passive-components; remote node; Bandwidth; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical ring resonators;
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
