A passive system to control optical networks with a tree structure

摘要

A simple, inexpensive and fully passive system, suitable to control the deterioration of the fiber optics carrier of all the branches of a tree network of the "PON" type, using an optical reflectometer (OTDR) with a single wavelength within a spectrum window used for the control (SV). The tree structure with point-to-multipoint connections, typical of a "PON" network, is transformed in a point-to-point structure at the wavelength of the control radiation (SV), using branch modules (MD), which allow to bypass the network branch points (RP, RS), and recycle modules (ML) of the control signal (SV), positioned at each user terminal (U1-U4).