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2008
Journal Article
Titel
Optically powered fiber networks
Abstract
Optically powered networks are demonstrated. Heterogeneous subscribers having widely varying needs with respect to power and bandwidth can be effectively controlled and optically supplied by a central office. The success of the scheme relies both on power-efficient innovative hardware and on a novel low-energy medium access control protocol. We demonstrate a sensor network with subscribers consuming less than 1 mu W average power, and an optically powered high-speed video link transmitting data at a bitrate of 100 Mbit/s.
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