This paper investigates the performance of a Reflective Semiconductor Optical Amplifier in a bidirectional wavelength-division multiplexed passive optical network at 2.5 and 5 Gbit/s over 20 and 15 dB link budget.
This paper describes the interest of operators for WDM PON and more particularly with colorless ONUs. Operator needs are presented and techniques to obtain colorless ONUs are reviewed.
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