• DocumentCode
    2016201
  • Title

    A survivable WDM PON with alternate-path switching

  • Author

    Sun, Xiaofeng ; Chan, Chun-Kit ; Chen, Lian-Kuan

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China
  • fYear
    2006
  • fDate
    5-10 March 2006
  • Abstract
    We propose and demonstrate a survivable WDM PON with simple ONUs. By employing our proposed alternate-path switching scheme, traffic can be restored promptly under feeder and distribution fiber link failures as well as the AWG failure in the RN simultaneously.
  • Keywords
    arrayed waveguide gratings; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; AWG failure; alternate-path switching; distribution fiber link failures; survivable WDM PON; traffic; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Protection; Sun; Wavelength assignment; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-803-9
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2006.215852
  • Filename
    1636883