Large-core plastic optical fibre based in-home optical networks

Author

Shi, Y. ; Okonkwo, C.M. ; Koonen, A.M.J. ; Tangdiongga, E.

Author_Institution

COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

2012

fDate

17-20 April 2012

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

In this paper we present an in-home optical network infrastructure based on 1-mm core diameter plastic optical fibre. Both bus and star topologies based point-to-multipoint (P2MP) infrastructures to deliver ultra wideband (UWB) radio signals are presented. The system complexity and cost are compared and discussed considering real application environments. A detailed experimental study on the performance of the two infrastructures using ultra-wide band signal delivery is carried out, indicating the feasibility of plastic optical fibre solutions for low-cost in-home optical networks.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; telecommunication network topology; ultra wideband communication; P2MP infrastructures; UWB radio signals; bus topologies based point-to-multipoint infrastructures; large-core plastic optical fibre; low-cost in-home optical networks; size 1 mm; star topologies based point-to-multipoint infrastructures; ultra wideband radio signals; ultra-wide band signal delivery; Network topology; OFDM; Optical fiber communication; Optical fibers; Topology; Wireless communication; Home communication systems; Optical fibre communication; Plastic optical fibre;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Network Design and Modeling (ONDM), 2012 16th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Colchester

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-1440-4

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4673-1441-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ONDM.2012.6210191

Filename

6210191