Field trial of multichannel EPON reach extenders employing tunable lasers based on polymer waveguides

We report the recent field trial of a DWDM-type 20-channel EPON reach extender. Combining O-E-O regeneration with colorless DWDM technology employing tunable lasers based on polymer waveguides, we were able to multiplex 20 EPON bidirectional optical signals into a single fiber and transport them ove...

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Main Authors: Hosung Yoon, Chongahn Kim, Jin-Hee Kim
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
EPON
Integrated circuits
Optical network units
Optimization
Wavelength division multiplexing
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Summary:We report the recent field trial of a DWDM-type 20-channel EPON reach extender. Combining O-E-O regeneration with colorless DWDM technology employing tunable lasers based on polymer waveguides, we were able to multiplex 20 EPON bidirectional optical signals into a single fiber and transport them over 50km without affecting any existing EPON equipments. We successfully installed its prototype in a KT's central office at Busan, Korea for a field trial to investigate the feasibility of metro-access network consolidation.
ISSN:2159-6395
2159-6409
DOI:10.1109/COIN.2010.5546545