DocumentCode :
2523162
Title :
Comparative analysis of plastic optical fiber and glass optical fiber for home networks
Author :
Acakpovi, Amevi ; Matoumona, Paule Leyola Murielle Voumbo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr./Electron., Accra Polytech., Accra, Ghana
fYear :
2012
fDate :
25-27 Oct. 2012
Firstpage :
154
Lastpage :
157
Abstract :
This paper presents a comparative analysis between plastic and glass multimode fiber in order to determine the most convenient and adequate to deploy Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) technology. FTTH is a promising technology capable of meeting the on-going increase of bandwidth request. The main objective of this comparison analysis is to determine the advantages and disadvantages of plastic to glass fiber and be able to advise confidently on the most reliable, efficient and cost effective for FTTH. The work consists of high simulation covered with Optiwave OptiSystem 7 software. A passive Optical Network for FTTH has been designed and simulated. The performance parameters studied are: bandwidth, bit rate and attenuation. Results showed that the Q factor for the network using plastic fiber is higher than the one of glass fiber. This makes the plastic fiber better than the glass fiber in terms of transmission losses or attenuation. Furthermore, analysis carried on with a BER analyzer and eye diagram showed that the signal is more distorted and more affected by noise in the case of the glass fiber. The same result is also proved by the use of optical signal to noise ratio which gives higher result in the case of the plastic fiber than the glass one. In total, plastic fiber is more efficient and reliable for FTTH.
Keywords :
error statistics; glass fibres; optical fibre subscriber loops; passive optical networks; BER analyzer; FTTH technology; Optiwave OptiSystem 7 software; fiber-to-the-home technology; glass optical fiber; home networks; optical signal to noise ratio; passive optical network; plastic optical fiber; transmission losses; Glass; Integrated optics; Optical fibers; Optical pulses; Optical transmitters; Plastics; Attenuation; BER; Bandwith; FTTH; Glass fiber; Plastic fiber;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Adaptive Science & Technology (ICAST), 2012 IEEE 4th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Kumasi
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-4787-7
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICASTech.2012.6381084
Filename :
6381084
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