Paper Info
Title
Dual-Fiber-Ring Architecture Supporting Discretionary Peer-to-Peer Intra-Communication and Bidirectional Inter-communication in Metro-Access Network
Abstract
Direct communication among optical network units (ONUs) is very significant for next-generation optical networks. In this paper, a metro-access optical network architecture supporting intra-communication and inter-communication is proposed based on dual-fiber ring topology. By adopting two tunable fiber Bragg gratings and one arrayed waveguide grating in the remote node, direct peer-to-peer communication of ONUs can be achieved. By designing the architecture to provide inter-communication in two opposite transmission directions, not only the efficiency and fiexibility of inter-communication can be guaranteed depending on the shortest transmission path, but also the inter-communication can be supported even if a dual-fiber fault occurs. By allocating three wavelengths to one ONU, not only the intra-communication and inter-communication for one ONU can be carried out simultaneously, but also the inter-communication for different ONUs can be realized simultaneously. By using a dual-fiber ring structure, both the scale and the reliability can be improved. Because the network capacity and scale are relatively large, the relative construction-and-maintenance cost of the network is low. The availability of the proposal can be verified via the performance analyses and the simulations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2019
10.1109/ACCESS.2019.2911861
IEEE ACCESS
Keywords
Field
DocType
Metro-access optical network,dual-fiber ring,intra-communication,inter-communication,wavelength division multiplexing
Fiber Bragg grating,Architecture,Fiber,Peer-to-peer,Arrayed waveguide grating,Computer science,Network architecture,Computer network,Ring network,Access network
Journal
Volume
ISSN
Citations 
7
2169-3536
0
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.34
0
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xingfeng Li111.36
Chaoqin Gan22312.84
Yujie Chen3105.41
Hubao Qiao411.36
Yuqi Yan511.36