Title :
Wavelength independent RSOA-based ONU for FTTH PON implementation of switched Ethernet services
Author :
Bock, C. ; Thakur, M.P. ; Arellano, C. ; Lepley, J.J. ; Tsalamanis, I. ; Walker, S.D. ; Prat, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Signal Theory & Commun., Univ. Politecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
A novel RSOA-based ONU able to directly transmit Ethernet traffic over fibre using sub-carrier multiplexing is presented. The ONU is single-fibre wavelength agnostic and allows full-duplex operation. Transmission experiments up to 20km demonstrate its feasibility.
Keywords :
optical fibre LAN; optical fibre subscriber loops; semiconductor optical amplifiers; subcarrier multiplexing; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; 20 km; Ethernet traffic; FTTH PON implementation; full-duplex operation; optical network unit; reflective semiconductor optical amplifier; single-fibre wavelength agnostic; sub-carrier multiplexing; switched Ethernet services; wavelength independent RSOA;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
