Title :
Rayleigh back-scattering reduction by means of Quantized Feedback Equalization in WDM-PONs
Author_Institution :
Univ. Politec. de Catalunya (UPC), Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
Quantized-Feedback Equalization at the digital decision of the OLT-RX allows recovering the low frequency components after filtering out the associated corrupting Rayleigh back-scattering noise added in the bidirectional WDM-PON transmission, obtaining a substantial tolerance increase.
Keywords :
Rayleigh scattering; feedback; optical fibre networks; quantisation (signal); wavelength division multiplexing; OLT-RX; Rayleigh back-scattering reduction; bidirectional WDM-PON transmission; low frequency component; quantized feedback equalization; Noise; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical reflection; Passive optical networks; Receivers; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621423