Fiber Bragg grating-based monitoring system for fiber to the home (FTTH) passive optical network
Abstract
Fiber to the home (FTTH) passive optical network is one of the cost effective and effortlessly planning systems in the current era of communication systems. However, one of the substantial limitations of this optical communication network is the monitoring operation. It is essential to locate the fault branch in the network in order to take the required action to overcome the problem. Unfortunately, since the network is all passive, it is necessary to introduce a technique that should be passive and has the capacity to locate the fault location inside the network. In this paper, a methodology to localize the fault line was introduced, where a combination of Fiber Bragg Gratings was suggested, using this approach, the fault location can be easily determined among 36-branch, distributed in eight groups. Simulation results show that the broken line can be determined through monitoring the reflected signals from all the branches in the Central Office without paying any power to locate the leakage. In other words, it is easy to recognize the fault location by monitoring the power of the reflected signals, where after comprehensive simulations and power calculations, it was possible to put a threshold for that reflected power, hence, the fault branch, for any reason, may reflect power of less than that threshold, otherwise, the branch is not considered as broken.
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Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: Department of Medical Instruments Engineering Techniques, Bilad Alrafidain University College, Diyala, 32001, Iraq.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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- Frontmatter
- Amplifiers
- EDFA gain flattening optimization with long period fiber gratings in WDM system
- Nonlinear Characteristics of Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers for Optical Switching Control Realization of Logic Gates
- Reach Enhancement of Designed Free Space Optical Communication System Using Hybrid Optical Amplifier
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- Fibers
- Numerical Analysis of Optical Properties Using Octagonal Shaped Photonic Crystal Fiber
- Different Graded Refractive Index Fiber Profiles Design for the Control of Losses and Dispersion Effects
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- A Comprehensive Review on Fiber Bragg Grating and Photodetector in Optical Communication Networks
- DWDM Channel Spacing Effects on the Signal Quality for DWDM/CWDM FTTx Network
- Systems
- Comparison between NRZ/RZ Modulation Techniques for Upgrading Long Haul Optical Wireless Communication Systems
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