Title :
WDM-PON fiber-fault automatic detection and Localization with 1 dB event sensitivity in drop links
Author :
Urban, P.J. ; Medeiros, Eduardo ; Vall-llosera, Gemma
Author_Institution :
Broadband Technol., Ericsson AB, Stockholm, Sweden
Abstract :
Trial of live WDM-PON monitoring based on Optical Time Domain Reflectometry (OTDR) and Optical Transceiver Monitoring (OTM) is presented. The concept of cost-effective, remote and quick operation without drop-line demarcation components is demonstrated.
Keywords :
optical transceivers; passive optical networks; reflectometers; time-domain reflectometry; wavelength division multiplexing; OTDR; OTM; WDM-PON fiber-fault automatic detection; WDM-PON fiber-fault automatic localization; drop links; live WDM-PON monitoring; optical time domain reflectometry; optical transceiver monitoring; Monitoring; Optical fibers; Optical reflection; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-0262-3
