In WDM systems, incoming optical signals are assigned specific wavelength and then multiplexed onto tbe fiber. This technique enables bidirectional communications over a. Abstract Wavelength division multiplexing or WDM allows the combining of a number of independent information-carrying wavelengths onto the same fiber, because of the wide spectral region in which optical signals can be transmitted efficiently. The "basie" transmission rate of SONET is 64 kbps for supporting voice communications. SONET multiplexes large numbers of 64-kbps channels onto higher-rate datastreams. It is a next-generation upgrade to traditional PON technologies that enhances. The passive optical network (PON) is an optical fiber based network architecture, which can provide much higher bandwidth in the access network compared to traditional copper-based networks.
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