A novel wavelength hopping passive optical network (WH-PON) for provision of enhanced physical security
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
3-1-2012
Abstract
A novel secure wavelength hopping passive optical network (WH-PON) is presented in which physical layer security is introduced to the access network. The WH-PON design uses a pair of matched tunable lasers in the optical line terminal to create a time division multiplexed signal in which each data frame is transmitted at a unique wavelength. The transmission results for a 32-channel WH-PON operating at a data rate of 2.5 Gb/s are presented in this paper. The inherent security of the WH-PON design is verified through an attempted cross-channel eavesdropping attempt at an optical network unit. The results presented verify that the WH-PON provides secure broadband service in the access network. © 2012 Optical Society of America.
Publication Title
Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
Volume
4
Issue
3
First Page
289
Last Page
295
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
10.1364/JOCN.4.000289
ISSN
19430620
Citation Information
Harris, Jones, D. R., Horbatuck, K. H., & Sierra, A. (2012). A novel wavelength hopping passive optical network (WH-PON) for provision of enhanced physical security. Journal of Optical Communications and Networking, 4(3), 289–295. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOCN.4.000289