Title :
Optical technologies in extended-reach access networks
Author :
Wong, Elaine ; Amaya, Ferney A. ; Monroy, Idelfonso T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
The merging of access and metro networks has been proposed as a solution to lower the unit cost of customer bandwidth. This paper reviews some of the recent advances and challenges in extended-reach optical access networks.
Keywords :
bandwidth allocation; erbium; metropolitan area networks; optical communication equipment; optical fibre amplifiers; optical fibre subscriber loops; semiconductor optical amplifiers; EDFA; SOA; customer bandwidth unit cost; extended-reach access networks; metro networks; optical access networks; optical technologies; passive optical networks; Bandwidth; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber losses; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; EDFA; SOA; and Raman amplification; dynamic bandwidth allocation; extended-reach access network;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers & Electro Optics & The Pacific Rim Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2009. CLEO/PACIFIC RIM '09. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3829-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3830-3
DOI :
10.1109/CLEOPR.2009.5292146
