Design Challenge Handout - 10Gb/s Symmetrical WDM PON

System overview diagram:

Figure 1 - The proposed system showing multiple wavelengths, launched from the OLT. The wavelengths are split and routed onto separate paths. Each wavelength is then split and shared among multiple users with TDMA at each ONU

System Overview
We have proposed a new innovative system using proven technology. Our system will meet customer bandwidth demands for at least the next decade The passive network that is installed will be useful for the foreseeable future, whether the surrounding hardware is upgraded or not Initial system cost will exceed that of a TDMA system, but initial capacity will greatly exceed a TDMA Potential profit will exceed any copper or optical TDMA system in terms of bandwidth and possible customer upgrades Operating costs will decrease as standards are adopted: hardware and expansion costs will decrease as more/cheaper hardware becomes available

Cost Breakdown
OLT Equipment Rack L-Band Transceiver C-Band Laser Polarization Filter Wavelength MUX (16 Channel) Circulator 16x1 Power Coupuler Passive Network Corning Leaf: Non-Zero Dispersion Shifted SMF Circulator Wavelength MUX/DEMUX (16 Channel) 1x2 Coupler 1x8 Power Splitter ONU SOA 10G C/L Band Modulator Receiver Module C/L Band Splitter Circulator Faraday Rotator Total 1 16 16 1 1 1 2 $10,000.00 $495.00 $250.00 $461.00 $100.00 $70.00 $10.00 $10,000.00 $7,920.00 $4,000.00 $461.00 $100.00 $70.00 $20.00

370 000 32 2 16 16

$0.30 $70.00 $120.00 $10.00 $2.00

$111,000.00 $2,240.00 $240.00 $160.00 $32.00

128 128 128 128 128 128

$590.00 $330.00 $198.00 $120.00 $70.00 $70.00

$75,520.00 $42,240.00 $25,344.00 $15,360.00 $8,960.00 $8,960.00 $312,627.00