In-service signaling and fault identification in a passive optical network using a reflective modulator and a broad spectrum optical source

Author

Feldman, R.D. ; Boivin, L. ; Raybon, G. ; Walker, J.A. ; Goossen, K.W. ; Austin, R.F.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

20-24 Sep 1998

Firstpage

703

Abstract

Coherent Rayleigh noise (CRN) causes power penalties on single fiber links having modulators on the return path. We suppress CRN by using incoherent optical sources, and demonstrate applications to nonintrusive fault monitoring and return path signaling

Keywords

Rayleigh scattering; electro-optical modulation; monitoring; optical fibre networks; optical fibre testing; optical noise; telecommunication network reliability; telecommunication signalling; broad spectrum optical source; coherent Rayleigh noise; fault identification; in-service signaling; nonintrusive fault monitoring; optical noise suppression; passive optical networks; power penalties; reflective modulator; return path modulators; return path signaling; single fiber links; Fault diagnosis; High speed optical techniques; Intelligent networks; Light emitting diodes; Light sources; Optical modulation; Optical network units; Optical noise; Passive optical networks; Signal processing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 1998. 24th European Conference on

Conference_Location

Madrid

Print_ISBN

84-89900-14-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.1998.732787

Filename

732787