RACE Project R1030, ACCESS-a system study of the broad-band subscriber loop

Author

Mogensen, G. ; Eickhoff, W. ; Bambach, W. ; Fordham, D.I. ; Madani, A. ; Stagg, L.J. ; Francois, R. ; Crosnier, J.-J. ; Warzanskyj, W. ; Folcke, G. ; Chateau, J.-M. ; Nilsson, G. ; Strömgren, P.

Author_Institution

NKT Elektronik, Brondby, Denmark

Volume

7

Issue

11

fYear

1989

fDate

11/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1715

Lastpage

1726

Abstract

The ACCESS project, which is a project within the RACE (Research in Advanced Communication in Europe) program, is described. The scope of the project is to study the entire customer access connection, including the transmission, the multiplexing, and the passive optical network. The goal of the project is to perform an overall cost optimization, leading to one or more preferred implementations. Because the project is oriented toward the early phases of the integrated broadband network, the majority of the effort is spent on optimization and supplementation of present near-commercial technologies. The project involves 13 partners who share the work organized in three major areas, namely, the 622 Mb/s transmitter/receiver unit for bidirectional transmission on one single-mode (SM) fiber at 1330 and 1550 nm; the passive optical components, including mass splicing techniques, low-cost connectors, wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) devices, optical distribution frames, and optical cables; and system aspects of the frame structure and the interfaces to the customer premises network and to the exchange, with the associated functional units being the multiplexers and the broadband channel selector

Keywords

ISDN; broadband networks; optical cables; optical fibres; optical links; project engineering; subscriber loops; 1330 nm; 1550 nm; 622 Mbit/s; ACCESS project; ISDN; Project R1030; RACE; Research in Advanced Communication in Europe; WDM devices; bidirectional transmission; broadband channel selector; cost optimization; customer access connection; customer premises network; exchange; integrated broadband network; low-cost connectors; mass splicing techniques; multiplexers; optical cables; optical distribution frames; passive optical components; passive optical network; single mode fibre; transmitter/receiver unit; wavelength division multiplexing; Europe; Optical devices; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.45893

Filename

45893