First design of dynamically reconfigurable broadband photonic access networks (BB Photonics)

The BB Photonics develops reconfigurable access networks for providing the user with congestion-free access to virtually unlimited bandwidth. First design of reconfigurable access network architecture is presented in this paper together with preliminary specifications for components and modules. The simulation results of a reference network with wavelength agnostic optical network units based on a reflective semiconductor optical amplifier (RSOA) and a wavelength router based on ring resonators filtering characteristics give an encouraging perspective for further research. Consideration is given to a possible migration scenario