New Fiber Supervision Technique for Passive Optical Networks Supporting Mobile Services Articles uri icon

publication date

  • November 2015

start page

  • 501

end page

  • 504

issue

  • 4

volume

  • 28

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

  • 1041-1135

Electronic International Standard Serial Number (EISSN)

  • 1941-0174

abstract

  • In this paper, we propose a new fiber supervision technique for Passive Optical Networks (PON).The new approach allows for real-time in-service fiber fault detection and localization at any individual fiber in the PON even after high splitting ratios and optical amplifiers without Optical Distribution Network (ODN) modifications. It consists of real time permanent power monitoring of dedicated supervision wavelengths transmitted between the Central Office and each remote location. This new proposal relies on synchronized clocks between the test equipment and the remote devices, thus being adequate for its use in fixed-mobile convergent PONs. This novel technique has been successfully demonstrated in a commercial in-service GPON system with 1:64 splitting ratio.

subjects

  • Electronics
  • Telecommunications

keywords

  • mobile communication; optical fiber communication; optical fiber measurements; optical time domain reflectometry.