Impact of Mode-Partition Noise in the Performance of 10 Gbit/s Ethernet Passive Optical Networks

Author

Pato, Silvia ; Monteiro, Paulo ; Silva, Henrique

Author_Institution

Nokia Siemens Network Portugal SA, Amadora

Volume

4

fYear

2007

fDate

1-5 July 2007

Firstpage

67

Lastpage

70

Abstract

The enormous success of Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) deployment has been inciting the development of upgrades for this system, namely the data rate upgrade. In these upgraded next generation access networks, low-cost and simplicity should play a fundamental role, and so the use of low cost multimode laser sources should be considered. However, impairments such as Mode-Partition Noise (MPN) will arise and will affect the performance of the network. This paper presents an evaluation of the impact of MPN in 10 Gbit/s EPONs that employ multimode laser sources. It is shown that MPN may have a severe impact, but the use of Forward Error Correction (FEC) is considered as a way to mitigate this effect.

Keywords

forward error correction; local area networks; optical fibre networks; Ethernet passive optical networks; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; forward error correction; mode-partition noise; next generation access networks; Costs; EPON; Fiber lasers; Forward error correction; Laser modes; Laser noise; Optical network units; Optical noise; Semiconductor device noise; Signal to noise ratio; 10 Gbit/s Ethernet Passive Optical Networks; Forward Error Correction; Mode-Partition Noise;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2007. ICTON '07. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Rome

Print_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-1249-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2007.4296343

Filename

4296343