A perspective on optical-wireless converged NG-FTTH networks using directly modulated lasers

Author

Cartaxo, Adolfo ; Morgado, José A P ; Fonseca, Daniel

Author_Institution

Group of Res. on Opt. Fiber Telecommun. Syst. (GROFTS), Inst. de Telecomun., Lisbon, Portugal

fYear

2011

fDate

26-30 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

4

Abstract

OFDM-based next generation fiber to the home (NG-FTTH) networks using directly modulated lasers (DMLs) have been proposed as a solution to deliver quintuple play services addressing cost-effective optical-wireless convergence. In this article, we highlight the principles and discuss the main technical challenges of the optical infrastructure of these networks. A first experimental assessment of transmission of coexisting baseband and ultra-wideband signals along distances typical of NG-FTTH networks using DMLs is presented.

Keywords

fibre lasers; next generation networks; optical communication equipment; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical modulation; radio access networks; ultra wideband communication; cost-effective optical-wireless convergence; directly modulated lasers; next-generation fiber-to-the-home networks; optical-wireless converged NG-FTTH networks; quintuple play services; ultrawideband signals; Bandwidth; Communication system security; Integrated optics; Optical fibers; Passive optical networks; Wireless communication; NG-FTTH networks; directly modulated lasers; optical-wireless convergence; orthogonal frequency division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Stockholm

ISSN

2161-2056

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0881-7

Electronic_ISBN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2011.5970784

Filename

5970784