Publication detail

Lasers in Passive Optical Networks and the Activation Process of an End Unit: A Tutorial

HORVÁTH, T. MÜNSTER, P. BAO, N.

Original Title

Lasers in Passive Optical Networks and the Activation Process of an End Unit: A Tutorial

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

It is 21 years since the first passive optical network (PON) was standardized as an asynchronous transfer mode passive optical network (APON) with same optical distribution network scheme as we know in current networks. A lot of PON networks were standardized in the following years and became an important part of telecommunication. The general principles of these PON networks are described in many papers and books, but only a little information about used lasers is available. The aim of this tutorial is to describe lasers used in PON networks and principles of their operation. The paper describes the principles of single longitudinal mode (SLM), multi longitudinal mode (MLM), distributed-feedback (DFB), and Fabry-Perot (FP) lasers. Furthermore, the lasers are compared by their usage in optical line termination (OLT) for passive optical networks. The second part of this tutorial deals with activation process of optical network unit. The described principle is the same for connection of a new customer or blackout scenario. The end unit is not able to communicate until reach the operational state; each state is defined with physical layer operation and administration and maintenance (PLOAM) messages sequence and their processing.

Keywords

single longitudinal mode laser; multi longitudinal mode laser; distributed-feedback laser; Fabry-Perot laser; activation process; PLOAM messages

Authors

HORVÁTH, T.; MÜNSTER, P.; BAO, N.

Released

9. 7. 2020

Publisher

MDPI

Location

BASEL

ISBN

2079-9292

Periodical

Electronics (MDPI)

Year of study

9

Number

7

State

Swiss Confederation

Pages from

1

Pages to

18

Pages count

18

URL

https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/7/1114

Full text in the Digital Library

http://hdl.handle.net/11012/194792

BibTex

@article{BUT164704,
  author="Tomáš {Horváth} and Petr {Münster} and Ning-Hai {Bao}",
  title="Lasers in Passive Optical Networks and the Activation Process of an End Unit: A Tutorial",
  journal="Electronics (MDPI)",
  year="2020",
  volume="9",
  number="7",
  pages="1--18",
  doi="10.3390/electronics9071114",
  issn="2079-9292",
  url="https://www.mdpi.com/2079-9292/9/7/1114"
}