Title :
Protection and LAN emulation in Ethernet passive optical networks
Author :
Nadarajah, Nishaanthan ; Nirmalathas, Ampalavanapillai ; Wong, Elaine
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Vic., Australia
Abstract :
We propose and experimentally verify a scheme for fast automatic protection switching and customer networking in an Ethernet passive optical network by redirecting the upstream signals back to the customers using a secondary distribution fibre.
Keywords :
optical fibre LAN; optical switches; Ethernet passive optical networks; LAN; automatic protection switching; customer networking; secondary distribution fibre;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
