<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The paper presents an overview of widely accepted passive optical networks (PONs), and provides the results of comparative OPTSIM simulation for PON technological facilities involving optical layers, with the aim to reveal fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) technologic solutions. Traffic load is simulated over a PON optical layer using the OPNET Modeler to determine potential advantages and drawbacks of the proposed FTTx solution with PON elements in the access networks. The authors show that the optimal transmission speed for PON FTTx would lie in the range 1.25-5.0 Gbit/s with a standard PON architecture, which could be raised to 10 Gbit/s, however in this case we have to change the end user's equipment. In standards that specify the PON's functionality two distances: 10 km and 20 km are indicated. Our simulation shows that, after upgrading the receiver electrical filter, 10 Gbit/s transmissions over 40 km could be reached.</p></abstract>

The paper presents an overview of widely accepted passive optical networks (PONs), and provides the results of comparative OPTSIM simulation for PON technological facilities involving optical layers, with the aim to reveal fiber-to-the-x (FTTx) technologic solutions. Traffic load is simulated over a PON optical layer using the OPNET Modeler to determine potential advantages and drawbacks of the proposed FTTx solution with PON elements in the access networks. The authors show that the optimal transmission speed for PON FTTx would lie in the range 1.25-5.0 Gbit/s with a standard PON architecture, which could be raised to 10 Gbit/s, however in this case we have to change the end user's equipment. In standards that specify the PON's functionality two distances: 10 km and 20 km are indicated. Our simulation shows that, after upgrading the receiver electrical filter, 10 Gbit/s transmissions over 40 km could be reached.

Research of Traffic Management in Fttx Optical Communication Systems

Institute of Telecommunications, Riga Technical University, 12 Āzenes Str., Rīga, LV-1048, LATVIA

Latvian Journal of Physics and Technical Sciences

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The paper presents an overview of widely accepted passive optical networks (PONs), and provides the results of comparative OPTSIM simulation for PON...

Research of Traffic Management in Fttx Optical Communication Systems

Data publikacji: 18 maj 2009

Zakres stron: 41 - 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10047-009-0006-1

Słowa kluczowe
passive optical networks (PONs), fiber-to-the-x (FTTx), traffic engineering

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Research of Traffic Management in Fttx Optical Communication Systems

Data publikacji: 18 maj 2009

Zakres stron: 41 - 55

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10047-009-0006-1

Słowa kluczowepassive optical networks (PONs), fiber-to-the-x (FTTx), traffic engineering

This content is open access.

Słowa kluczowe
passive optical networks (PONs), fiber-to-the-x (FTTx), traffic engineering