Title :
Selective OTDR measurements at the central office of individual fiber links in a PON
Author :
Hilbk, U. ; Burmeister, M. ; Hoen, B. ; Hermes, Th ; Saniter, J. ; Westphal, F.-J.
Author_Institution :
Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH, Germany
Abstract :
Our proposal adds an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) operated at 1.5 μm to the star coupler of a passive optical network (PON) in the remote node (RN) and separates the original PON and the overlay via 1.3/1.5 μm splitters, which guarantees the maintenance function
Keywords :
diffraction gratings; optical fibre networks; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; optical waveguides; 1.3 mum; 1.5 mum; arrayed waveguide grating; central office; fiber links; maintenance function; optical beam splitters; optical fibre testing; optical time domain reflectometry; passive optical network; selective OTDR measurements; star coupler; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Central office; Fiber lasers; Laser tuning; Optical network units; Optical pulses; Passive optical networks; Proposals; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength measurement;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication. OFC 97., Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-480-7
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1997.719686
