Single-Ended In-Service Hybrid Monitoring of Fibre-Extended Copper Lines
Conference: ECOC 2016 - 42nd European Conference on Optical Communication
09/18/2016 - 09/22/2016 at Düsseldorf, Deutschland
Proceedings: ECOC 2016
Pages: 3Language: englishTyp: PDF
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Authors:
Amaral, Gustavo C.; Baldivieso, Andrea; Garcia, Joaquim D.; Weid, Jean Pierre von der (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
Urban, Patryk J. (Ericsson Research, Ericsson AB, Stockholm, Sweden)
Abstract:
We report on the simultaneous monitoring of both fibre and copper links in a fibre-extended copper mobile fronthaul network. The monitoring signal, which is allocated to an optical subcarrier channel, is used to determine both the fibre's and copper's characteristics.