37.5 km urban field trial of OFDMA-PON using colorless ONUs with dynamic bandwidth allocation and TCM [invited]

Author

Ruprecht, Christian ; Chen, Yuanfeng ; Fritzsche, Daniel ; von Hoyningen-Huene, Johannes ; Hanik, Norbert ; Weis, Erik ; Breuer, Dirk ; Rosenkranz, Werner

Author_Institution

Dept. for Commun., Christian-Albrechts-Univ. zu Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Volume

7

Issue

1

fYear

2015

fDate

Jan. 2015

Abstract

The orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA)-based passive optical network (PON) is a potential candidate to meet the flexibility requirements for next-generation optical access networks. We propose an OFDMA-based PON with a transmission employing intensity modulation/direct detection in the downstream and a remodulation of a remotely seeded carrier provided by the optical line terminal with coherent detection in the upstream, which enables cost-effective colorless optical network units (ONUs). Furthermore, an OFDMA-PON field trial using the proposed scheme over 37.5 km feeder fiber is demonstrated. A power budget supporting 32 ONUs with dynamic bandwidth allocation and trellis coded modulation (TCM) is reported.

Keywords

OFDM modulation; bandwidth allocation; frequency division multiple access; next generation networks; passive optical networks; trellis coded modulation; OFDMA-PON; TCM; coherent detection; colorless ONU; direct detection; distance 37.5 km; dynamic bandwidth allocation; feeder fiber; flexibility requirements; intensity modulation; next-generation optical access networks; optical line terminal; optical network units; orthogonal frequency division multiple access; passive optical network; remotely seeded carrier; trellis coded modulation; urban field trial; Digital signal processing; OFDM; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Phase noise; Synchronization; Access; Field trial; OFDM; PON;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Optical Communications and Networking, IEEE/OSA Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1943-0620

Type

jour

DOI

10.1364/JOCN.7.00A153

Filename

7023485