Service differentiated drop code unit for metro ring optical networks

• Main Authors: Ahmad Anas, Siti Bariah, Quinlan, Terence J., Walker, Stuart D.
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2010
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11304/1/Service%20differentiated%20drop%20code%20unit%20for%20metro%20ring%20optical%20networks.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/11304/
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The authors demonstrate using both simulation and experiment, a drop code unit for metro ring optical networks with service differentiation capability. This is achieved by means of a spectral amplitude coding technique whereby the code weight in a particular channel is varied to provide different signal quality levels. Transmission of three channels with different weights operating at 10 Gbps per channel was simulated over a 68 km unamplified and 185 km amplified links of dispersion compensated fibre. Services are perfectly dropped at bit error rates from 10−9 to 10−3, leaving the through service free from accumulated noise. The authors also present a 2.5 Gbps per channel proof-of-concept experiment over 40 km of single-mode fibre (SMF).