A polarization-assisted multicast overlay scheme for WDM-PONs

Author

Qiu, Yang ; Chan, Chun-Kit

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. Eng., Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, Shatin, China

fYear

2009

fDate

14-19 June 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

1

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel polarization-assisted scheme for flexible multicast overlay in a WDM-PON, which supports both point-to-point (P2P) downstream and upstream data delivery. With our proposed wavelength assignment and routing schemes, the system performance is greatly improved. No additional dedicated light source for the multicast data is needed. We have experimentally demonstrated 10-Gbit/s transmissions for the P2P downstream and upstream data, as well as the multicast data in a WDM-PON.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM-PONs; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; light source; network routing scheme; optical network unit; point-to-point downstream; point-to-point upstream data delivery; polarization-assisted multicast overlay scheme; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Intensity modulation; Optical fiber polarization; Optical filters; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Phase modulation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics 2009 and the European Quantum Electronics Conference. CLEO Europe - EQEC 2009. European Conference on

Conference_Location

Munich

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-4079-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-4080-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CLEOE-EQEC.2009.5196244

Filename

5196244