• DocumentCode
    1689082
  • Title

    Economic Evolution from EPON to WDM-overlaid PON Employing a Wavelength Conversion Node

  • Author

    Hyun, Jae-Myoung ; Cho, Wonkuk ; Park, Youngil ; Kim, Byoung-Whi

  • Author_Institution
    Kookmin Univ., Seoul
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    Cost-effective evolution architecture from EPON to WDM-overlaid PON is proposed. To maintain the colorless characteristics of ONUs, a wavelength-conversion node is employed. Appropriate structures for a remote node and a WCN are suggested and analyzed.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre LAN; wavelength division multiplexing; EPON; Ethernet passive optical network; WDM-overlaid PON; cost-effective evolution architecture; optical network unit; remote node; wavelength conversion node; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Bandwidth; Costs; EPON; Electronic mail; Optical filters; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical wavelength conversion; Passive optical networks;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-831-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348903
  • Filename
    4348903