Schemes of optical power splitter nodes for direct ONU–ONU intercommunication

✍ Scribed by Minhui Yan; Qing-Yang Xu; Chih-Hung Chen; Wei-Ping Huan; Xiaobin Hong

• Book ID: 102518479
• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 2009
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 350 KB
• Volume: 51
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0895-2477
• DOI: 10.1002/mop.24771

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

In this study, two schemes of optical power splitter nodes to enable direct local intercommunications between optical network units (ONUs) in a passive optical network (PON) are proposed and analyzed. In comparison with the existing schemes, the new schemes dramatically increase the number of ONUs supported in a PON with the capability of direct local communication. Experimental demonstrations confirm that our proposed schemes can fit into gigabit PON standard by meeting its requirement on the power penalty. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Microwave Opt Technol Lett 51:2814–2817, 2009; Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com). DOI 10.1002/mop.24771