Title :
ONU optimal gain and position of the distribution element in rayleigh-limited WDM and TDM PONs with reflective ONU
Author :
López, E.T. ; Lázaro, J.A. ; Arellano, C. ; Polo, V. ; Prat, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signal Theor. & Comm., Univ. Politec. de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
The influence of the distribution element position in PONs is reported. Best Crosstalk-to-Signal ratio (C/S) is achieved if it is placed either in the ONU or OLT vicinity with optimum ONU gain depending of the MUX position.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; optical fibre networks; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; MUX; OLT; Rayleigh backscattering; TDM; WDM; crosstalk-to-signal ratio; distribution element position; optical light termination; optical network unit; passive optical network; reflective ONU; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; Couplings; Crosstalk; Fiber nonlinear optics; Insertion loss; Nonlinear optics; Optical attenuators; Optical network units; Performance gain; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
