Feasibility analysis of 2-dimensional permutation vector optical code division multiple access passive optical network

This paper analyzes the feasibility of a 2-dimensional (2D) permutation vector (PV) optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) passive optical network (PON) in terms of transmission capacity, network reliability, power budget, and the number of subscribers. The proposed PON is built with a novel 2D PV-OCDMA code having ideal auto- and cross-correlation properties. Furthermore, a ring-based topology at the feeder level and a tree-based topology at the distribution level are utilized to support ubiquitous computing. The proposed architecture also employs multiple remote nodes at the feeder level to facilitate adequate power budget and cardinality for high-capacity applications. Simulation results indicate that the proposed PON elevates system transmission capacity by eliminating phase-induced intensity noise and multiple access interference. Furthermore, reliability analysis using mathematical formalism demonstrates that the proposed architecture can provide a connection availability of ≈0.099993 (5 nines), which is significantly higher than the conventional tree-based topology. Power budget analysis also determines that the proposed PON can support well above 320 subscribers at adequate receiver sensitivity and optical network terminals (ONTs) per remote node.