Title :
Performance of ring access networks in the presence of interferometric noise
Author :
Cao, B. ; Mitchell, J.E.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Univ. Coll. London, London, UK
Abstract :
Interferometric noise may present a significant problem in future, ring based, access networks which utilise wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) and optical add-drop multiplexers (OADM) to select wavelength channels. We present simulation and experiment results which analyse the tolerance to wavelength offset for such a network and investigate how the bit error rate (BER) induced by the interferometric noise is affected by electrical filtering.
Keywords :
error statistics; interferometry; noise; subscriber loops; wavelength division multiplexing; bit error rate; electrical filtering; interferometric noise; optical add-drop multiplexers; ring access networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Bit error rate; Optical add-drop multiplexers; Optical attenuators; Optical crosstalk; Optical filters; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical receivers; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Telecommunications, 2009. ConTEL 2009. 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Zagreb
Print_ISBN :
978-953-184-130-6
Electronic_ISBN :
978-953-184-131-3
