Title :
Demonstration of wavelength-set division multiplexing for a cost effective PON with up to 80 Gbit/s upstream bandwidth
Author :
Pöhlmann, Wolfgang ; Pfeiffer, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent Bell Labs., Stuttgart, Germany
Abstract :
A periodic wavelength plan allows for a cost-effective WDM solution in PON. Using simple DFB lasers with integrated heaters we demonstrated an 8*10 Gbit/s upstream capacity with 512 ONTs in a hybrid TDM/WDM configuration.
Keywords :
distributed feedback lasers; passive optical networks; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; DFB lasers; bit rate 80 Gbit/s; cost effective PON; cost-effective WDM solution; hybrid TDM-WDM configuration; integrated heaters; periodic wavelength plan; upstream bandwidth; wavelength-set division multiplexing; Bandwidth; Heating; Laser tuning; Optical filters; Passive optical networks; Receivers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
