Optimal trade-off for a bidirectional Single-Fibre Single-Wavelength TDM-PON rSOA-based ONU

In this paper, an optimal trade-off between the Optical Distribution Network (ODN) power budget and the upstream optical Signal-to-Rayleigh Ratio (US-oSRR), for a Single- Fibre/Wavelength TDM-PON rSOA-based ONU network is presented. Up to 32 ONUs can be reached over a practical implementation. Burst operation is considered.