A Multicast WDM-PON Architecture Using DPSK/NRZ Orthogonal Modulation

We propose a novel scheme to overlay multicast data on a wavelength-division-multiplexed passive optical network (WDM-PON) with point-to-point data delivery. The differential phase-shift keying multicast signal is superimposed onto all point-to-point nonreturn-to-zero (NRZ) signals. By adjusting the extinction ratios of the individual NRZ point-to-point signals, multicast can be realized and only the designated optical network units can properly receive the multicast data. We successfully demonstrated the proposed WDM-PON with 10-Gb/s downstream point-to-point signals and 10-Gb/s multicast signals.