Title :
Passive optical network architectures with optical loopbacks
Author :
Wong, Elaine ; Nadarajah, Nishaanthan ; Chae, Chang-Joon ; Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Vic., Australia
Abstract :
This paper summarizes some of the important deployment capabilities of PONs that are facilitated by optical loopbacks in the passive outside plant. The optical loopbacks route upstream traffic back to all ONUs where this information is used in conjunction with additional optical and electronic components in the customer premises, to control upstream transmission, facilitate customer intercommunication links and protection switching of distribution fiber links.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; customer intercommunication links; distribution fiber links; electronic components; optical components; optical loopbacks; passive optical network architectures; protection switching; upstream traffic routing; upstream transmission control; Bandwidth; LAN emulation; Local area networks; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Protection; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2005. LEOS 2005. The 18th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9217-5
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.2005.1547957
