Conference Proceedings
Extended-Reach Gigabit Passive Optical Network for Rural Areas using Distributed Raman Amplifiers
KL Lee, JL Riding, AV Tran, RS Tucker
OFC: 2009 CONFERENCE ON OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION, VOLS 1-5 | IEEE | Published : 2009
Abstract
A new extended-reach GPON for rural areas using distributed Raman amplifiers is proposed and demonstrated. Symmetric 2.5-Gb/s bidirectional transmission is achieved for 32 subscribers over 60-km reach, without using any active extender. © 2008 Optical Society of America.