Dynamic power management at the access node and customer premises in point-to-point and time-division optical access

Abstract

In order to achieve the maximum power-saving performance in optical access networks, all network elements including the access node or optical line terminal (OLT) and the optical network unit should be considered. In this paper, appropriate power-saving mechanisms are determined for each network element in point-to-point (PtP) and time-division-multiplexed passive optical network (TDM-PON) systems to maximize the achievable power-saving performance while satisfying the quality-of-service requirements for different applications. By applying these power-saving mechanisms in PtP and TDM-PON systems, it is found that 1) the power consumption of OLTs in the central office is reduced by up to 51% ..