Selective OTDR measurements at the central office of individual fiber links in a PON

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U. Hilbk · Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute

M. Burmeister · Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute

B. Hoen · Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute

T. Hermes · Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute

J. Saniter · Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute

Fritz-Joachim Westphal · Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich Hertz Institute

Abstract

Our proposal adds an arrayed waveguide grating (AWG) operated at 1.5 /spl mu/m to the star coupler of a passive optical network (PON) in the remote node (RN) and separates the original PON and the overlay via 1.3/1.5 /spl mu/m splitters, which guarantees the maintenance function.

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Advanced Photonic Communication Systems Optical Network Technologies Photonic and Optical Devices

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DOI: 10.1109/ofc.1997.719686

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Selective OTDR measurements at the central office of individual fiber links in a PON

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