Detection of Fault ONUs in TDM-PON Using CDMA Modulation Scheme

TDM-PON has a disadvantage that entire PON system gets into trouble when only one ONU is out of order and sends optical signal constantly. This paper suggests a scheme to find the fault location. TDMA is impossible when upstream traffic is interrupted by continuous wave signal from a troubled ONU. Therefore, CDMA coding is introduced in separating fault ONUs, and detection algorithm is verified.