Title :
Multi-operability and dynamic bandwidth allocation in PONs with electrically reconfigurable SOA/REAM-based ONUs
Author :
Bauwelinck, J. ; Schrenk, B. ; Kazmierski, C. ; Lazaro, J.A. ; Prat, J. ; Qiu, X.Z.
Author_Institution :
INTEC/IMEC, Ghent Univ., Ghent, Belgium
Abstract :
An approach to integrate dynamic bandwidth allocation and multi-operability for WDM-PONs is demonstrated with a symmetrical SOA/REAM-based ONU design and C/L waveband 10Gb/s burst-mode operation, allowing electrical reconfigurability of the ONU´s detection and remodulation branch.
Keywords :
bandwidth allocation; electro-optical modulation; electroabsorption; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; semiconductor optical amplifiers; wavelength division multiplexing; C/L waveband; ONU detection; WDM-PON; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; burst-mode operation; dynamic bandwidth allocation; electrical reconfigurability; electrically reconfigurable SOA/REAM-based ONU; multioperability; remodulation branch; symmetrical SOA/REAM-based ONU design; Bit error rate; L-band; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Receivers; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
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.2010.5621504
