Experimental verification of an evolutionary HFC network architecture for adding narrowcast services

Author

Chen, W.H. ; Wong, J.K. ; Way, W.I.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Commun. Eng., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

7-10 March 2000

Firstpage

157

Abstract

An evolutionary hybrid-fiber-coal (HFC) network architecture, which does not require DWDM in the beginning stages of adding narrowcast services to broadcast services, is proposed and experimentally verified. It was demonstrated that a directly modulated laser can be used to transport 50 channels of narrowcast signals between 450 and 750 MHz over a transmission distance of 102.5 km to more than 16 optical nodes.

Keywords

optical fiber communication; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; telecommunication channels; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; DWDM; broadcast services; directly modulated laser; evolutionary HFC network architecture; hybrid-fiber-coaxial network architecture; narrowcast services; narrowcast signals; optical nodes; telecommunication channels; transmission distance; Erbium-doped fiber amplifier; Fiber lasers; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Power generation; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-630-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2000.868270

Filename

868270