Abstract:
The reuse of existing infrastructure whilst keeping unaffected the legacy equipment is a crucial feature for the evolution of gigabit passive optical networks (GPONs) tow...Show MoreMetadata
Abstract:
The reuse of existing infrastructure whilst keeping unaffected the legacy equipment is a crucial feature for the evolution of gigabit passive optical networks (GPONs) towards higher capacity wavelength division multiplexed-passive optical networks (WDM-PONs). In this paper a testbed for the evaluation of simple and cost effective GPON evolutions will be presented. A comprehensive set of WDM-PON architectures based on remote wavelengths distribution and wavelengths reuse for upstream (US) transmission will be proposed. Both 2.5Gb/s and 10Gb/s (symmetric traffic) have been taken into account and experimentally evaluated in terms of bit error rate (BER) on the same testing bench. System perspectives and limitations are also discussed.
Date of Conference: 06-08 April 2009
Date Added to IEEE Xplore: 26 May 2009
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