Metro-access integrated network based on optical OFDMA with dynamic sub-carrier allocation and power distribution

Opt Express. 2013 Jan 28;21(2):2474-9. doi: 10.1364/OE.21.002474.

Abstract

We propose and demonstrate a novel optical orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA)-based metro-access integrated network with dynamic resource allocation. It consists of a single fiber OFDMA ring and many single fiber OFDMA trees, which transparently integrates metropolitan area networks with optical access networks. The single fiber OFDMA ring connects the core network and the central nodes (CNs), the CNs are on demand reconfigurable and use multiple orthogonal sub-carriers to realize parallel data transmission and dynamic resource allocation, meanwhile, they can also implement flexible power distribution. The remote nodes (RNs) distributed in the user side are connected by the single fiber OFDMA trees with the corresponding CN. The obtained results indicate that our proposed metro-access integrated network is feasible and the power distribution is agile.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Computer Communication Networks / instrumentation*
  • Energy Transfer
  • Equipment Design
  • Equipment Failure Analysis
  • Optical Devices*
  • Systems Integration
  • Telecommunications / instrumentation*