• DocumentCode
    399034
  • Title

    40 km passive optical metro-access ring (POMAR) including a protection scheme based on bi-directional fibers

  • Author

    Dorgeuille, F. ; Noirie, L. ; Bisson, A.

  • Author_Institution
    Alcatel Res. & Innovation, Marcoussis, France
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Firstpage
    550
  • Abstract
    We demonstrated a 40 km passive optical metro-access ring (POMAR) including 5 nodes able to carry up to 2×(16×2.5) Gbit/s without amplification. An original 1+1 protection scheme based on bi-directional fibers was implemented, not limited by the Rayleigh back scattering.
  • Keywords
    Rayleigh scattering; backscatter; optical fibre subscriber loops; optical fibres; 2.5 Gbit/s; 40 km; Rayleigh back scattering; bi-directional fibers; passive optical metro-access ring; protection scheme; Bidirectional control; Bit error rate; Costs; Delta modulation; Extinction ratio; Insertion loss; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Protection; Switches;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1248403
  • Filename
    1248403