• DocumentCode
    448385
  • Title

    Simple and cost-effective fault location technique using bi-directional OTDR and in-service line testing criteria for PONs

  • Author

    Koshikiya, Yusuke ; Araki, Noriyuki ; Izumita, Hisashi ; Ito, Fumihiko

  • Author_Institution
    NTT Access Network Service Syst. Lab., NTT Corp., Ibaraki, Japan
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    25-29 Sept. 2005
  • Firstpage
    83
  • Abstract
    This paper describes a simple and cost-effective technique for locating faults in the branched fibre regions between a splitter and ONUs in a PON. We also clarify the criteria for in-service line testing.
  • Keywords
    fault location; optical fibre networks; optical fibre testing; optical time-domain reflectometry; PON; bi-directional OTDR; branched fibre region; fault location technique; in-service line testing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    iet
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    IET
  • ISSN
    0537-9989
  • Print_ISBN
    0-86341-543-1
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    1574146