Title :
Flexible TDMA access optical networks enabled by burst-mode software defined coherent transponders
Author :
Vacondio, Francesco ; Bertran-Pardo, Oriol ; Pointurier, Yvan ; Fickers, Jessica ; Ghazisaeidi, Amirhossein ; de Valicourt, G. ; Antona, Jean-Christophe ; Chanclou, Philippe ; Bigo, S.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Nozay, France
Abstract :
We propose a concept of flexible PON and show with experiments and network dimensioning how burst-mode, software-defined coherent transponders can more than double the average capacity per user in TDMA access networks.
Keywords :
passive optical networks; software radio; time division multiple access; transponders; TDMA access optical networks; burst-mode transponders; coherent transponders; flexible PON; network dimensioning; software defined transponders;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC 2013), 39th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
London
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-84919-759-5
DOI :
10.1049/cp.2013.1404
