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This paper contains experimental results obtained from the ACTS PLANET (Photonic Local Access NETwork) Lab demonstrator, which confirm the technical feasibility of the SuperPON concept. The SuperPON is an optical fibre-based ATM access network which can support a large number of subscriber Optical Network Units (ONUs) up to 2048 and cover a long distance of 100 km.
This contribution shows detailed results of upstream experiments carried out on newly developed fast switching and gain controlled Optical Repeater Units (ORUs). Performance data on cascaded Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers (SOAs) include Bit Error Ratio (BER) measurements, and Signal Noise Ratio (SNR) degradation due to the introduction of cascaded SOAs. Experimental results confirm that a SuperPON can service 2048 ONUs over a distance of 100 km.
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Vandewege, J. et al. (1998). A Lab demonstration of a SuperPON optical access network. In: Kühn, P.J., Ulrich, R. (eds) Broadband Communications. BC 1998. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-35378-4_6
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