Timestamp-based time and frequency synchronization over λ-tunable WDM/TDM-PON

Go Yazawa, Shigeru Kuwano, Naohiko Yuki, Jun Terada, Shunji Kimura, Naoto Yoshimoto

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Abstract

Adapting a λ-tunable wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) / time division multiplexing (TDM)-passive optical network (PON) that can control huge bandwidth is an attractive candidate for accommodating the explosive growth in mobile backhaul (MBH) network traffic cost effectively. The synchronization of base stations is an important issue for MBH. However, it is hard to employ conventional time and frequency synchronization techniques over λ-tunable WDM/TDM-PON. We proposed a timestamp-based time and frequency synchronization method over a λ-tunable WDM/TDM-PON. In this letter, we describe a numerical evaluation of the synchronization performance with practical oscillators. The achieved performances are sufficient to meet the requirement of MBH.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)330-335
Number of pages6
JournalIEICE Communications Express
Volume2
Issue number8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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