Long Reach Passive Optical Network Architectures
Conference: Photonische Netze - Vorträge der 15. ITG-Fachtagung
05/05/2014 - 05/06/2014 at Leipzig, Deutschland
Proceedings: Photonische Netze
Pages: 5Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Bonk, R.; Schmuck, H.; Poehlmann, W.; Pfeiffer, Th. (Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG, Bell Labs Stuttgart, Germany)
Abstract:
Long reach passive optical network architectures based on time-and-wavelength-division multiplexing (TWDM) are investigated. Generic variations of architectures employing different topologies like multi-stage, tree-like and bus-like splitters are studied. We confirm by simulations the feasibility of such architectures deploying a chain of linear semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA). State-of-the-art linear SOAs support a reach of up to 100 km with a total split size of 512 in a non-wavelength routed fiber plant.