Low-power optical feeder for VDSL over twisted pair for last mile access networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 65-70

  Dudley, Sandra E M ^a,b   Quinlan, Terence J ^c   Henning, Ian D ^c   Walker, Stuart D ^c   Davey, Russell P ^d   Wallace, Andrew D ^d   Boyd, Ivan ^d   Payne, Dave B ^d  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SOUTH BANK UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d British Telecommunications (BT)   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hybrid transformers; Lasers; Low power; Photodiodes; Unshielded twisted pair (UTP); Very high data rate digital subscriber line (VDSL)

Indexed keywords

CABINET/DISTRIBUTION POINT INTERFACE; OPTICAL FEEDER; VDSL;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SYSTEMS; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 33947613067     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2005.861120     Document Type: Article

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