Abstract-High splitting, optically amplified, passive optical networks (SuperPONs) are investigated in terms of redundancy provision and protection mechanisms. Options for redundancy, including the important special case of dual homing, are detailed, and it is determined as to which of these options (duplication of the feeder and first distribution section, and + 1 protection of the optical amplifiers in the amplified splitter) would be required to be provided to all attached users to facilitate appropriate availability of the basic telephony service. The distributed amplified splitter dual homing solution is found to outperform the single amplified splitter solution in terms of its survivability. The protection mechanisms necessary to automatically switch to the redundant provision are discussed and it is seen that with the aid of suitable regular precautionary procedures protection switching can generally be provided rapidly ( 50 ms). Finally an availability, and cost versus availability, study confirms the aforementioned redundancy assessment for fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) implementations, but shows fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) as needing additional redundancy.

This paper presents an architecture for generating UWB pulses with a high centre frequency accuracy. The architecture allows to generate frequencies twice that of the FPGA clock using synchronous delays and is implementable in all types of FPGA. With a FPGA clock of 150 MHz, we generate RF pulse of 300 MHz with a maximum fractional bandwidth of 30%. The architecture also allows pulse width increment in steps of the clock period.

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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 A TM 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.