Metro-access network is a newly emerged network which combines the traditional separated metro network and access network together into a converged system. It serves more users in a larger geographical area, meanwhile maintaining a simplified network hierarchy which inherits the low cost, large bandwidth, and high reliability of PON. In this paper, a novel remote node for metro-access converged network is proposed, which supports multi-type PON colorlessly, meanwhile maintains single specification for all subscribers. In addition, it saves nearly half of the spectrum resource in the metro part.

Date Published: 7 February 2015
PDF: 6 pages
Proc. SPIE 9387, Broadband Access Communication Technologies IX, 93870H (7 February 2015); doi: 10.1117/12.2080668

Published in SPIE Proceedings Vol. 9387:
Broadband Access Communication Technologies IX
Benjamin B. Dingel; Katsutoshi Tsukamoto, Editor(s)