Title :
A New Remote Fiber Test System for Optical Networks
Author :
Kreso Zmak;Marko Bosiljevac;Petar Basic;Zvonimir Sipus
Author_Institution :
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing Unska 3, 10000 Zagreb, Croatia
fDate :
6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A novel remote fiber testing system (RFTS) for error detection in optical networks in presented in this paper. The proposed measurement system is applicable to access and local optical networks for which the standard RFTS is too expensive. The basic idea lies in replacing expensive optical switches with more affordable optical power splitters. Consequently, all fibers are simultaneously tested and therefore the new method for error detection is developed. The experimental results demonstrate the possibilities of the new testing system. Furthermore, we have demonstrated that the number of averaging needed in the measurement procedure can be reduced by a factor of 10 by using an appropriate signal-processing algorithm
Keywords :
"Optical fiber networks","Optical fiber testing","System testing","Optical fiber communication","Optical network units","Optical scattering","Measurement units","Optical control","Pulse measurements","Optical detectors"
Conference_Titel :
Multimedia Signal Processing and Communications, 48th International Symposium ELMAR-2006 focused on
Print_ISBN :
953-7044-03-3
DOI :
10.1109/ELMAR.2006.329586