Title :
Signalling Channel Transmission and Monitoring of Chromatic Dispersion using a Single Inband Subcarrier Channel
Author :
Nadarajah, Nishaanthan ; Chae, Chang-Joon ; Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai
Author_Institution :
Dept of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC
Abstract :
We propose a scheme for a signalling mechanism for routers and/or switches in an optical network while enabling monitoring of chromatic dispersion using an inband RF subcarrier channel. We experimentally demonstrate the proposed scheme with a RF subcarrier at 7 GHz transmitting 3 Mb/s data over 52.8 km SMF along with a 10 Gb/s baseband data channel with a power penalty of less than 0.5 dB.
Keywords :
microwave photonics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre dispersion; optical fibre networks; radio-over-fibre; telecommunication channels; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication signalling; wavelength division multiplexing; SMF; WDM optical networks; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 3 Mbit/s; chromatic dispersion monitoring; distance 52.8 km; frequency 7 GHz; optical network router; optical network switch; power penalty; signalling channel transmission mechanism; single inband RF subcarrier channel; Bandwidth; Chromatic dispersion; IP networks; Monitoring; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Radio frequency; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
PhotonicsGlobal@Singapore, 2008. IPGC 2008. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3901-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2906-6
DOI :
10.1109/IPGC.2008.4781438
