Flexible and Concurrent All-Optical VPN in OFDMA PON

Xiaofeng Hu; Pan Cao; Liang Zhang; Xinhong Jiang; Zhiming Zhuang; Yikai Su

doi:10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2292300

IEEE Photonics Journal (Jan 2013)

Flexible and Concurrent All-Optical VPN in OFDMA PON

Xiaofeng Hu,
Pan Cao,
Liang Zhang,
Xinhong Jiang,
Zhiming Zhuang,
Yikai Su

Affiliations

Xiaofeng Hu: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China
Pan Cao: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai, China
Liang Zhang: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai, China
Xinhong Jiang: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai, China
Zhiming Zhuang: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai, China
Yikai Su: State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks, Department of Electronic Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University , Shanghai, China

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1109/JPHOT.2013.2292300
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 5, no. 6
pp. 7902707 – 7902707

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We propose and experimentally demonstrate a new scheme to support an all-optical virtual private network (VPN) in orthogonal frequency-division multiple-access passive optical networks (OFDMA PONs). In our scheme, VPN communications among optical network units (ONUs) are concurrent, where each ONU can simultaneously transmit/receive different VPN traffic to/from other ONUs. Therefore, VPN communications between any two ONUs can be achieved at any time. The bit rates of VPN traffic can be also flexibly adjusted by using dynamic OFDM subcarrier-allocation technique. The proposed scheme is experimentally demonstrated with 5-Gb/s downlink, 2-Gb/s uplink, and 2-Gb/s VPN OFDM signals. Error-free performances are obtained for all these signals after 25-km standard single-mode fiber (SSMF) transmission.

Published in IEEE Photonics Journal

ISSN: 1943-0655 (Online)
Publisher: IEEE
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Technology: Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General): Applied optics. Photonics; Science: Physics: Optics. Light
Website: http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/RecentIssue.jsp?punumber=4563994

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