First Field Trial of Monitoring Vehicle Traffic on Multiple Routes by Using Photonic Switch and Distributed Fiber Optics Sensing System on Standard Telecom Networks

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Publication Date: 11/3/2021

Event: OFS 2021

Reference: Th2.3: 1-2, 2021

Authors: Glenn A. Wellbrock, Verizon; Tiejun J. Xia, Verizon; Ming-Fang Huang, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Milad Salemi, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Yuheng Chen, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Philip N. Ji, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Ting Wang, NEC Laboratories America, Inc.; Yoshiaki Aono, NEC Corporation

Abstract: We demonstrated for the first time that motor vehicle traffic and road capacity on multiple fiber routes can be monitored by using a distributed-fiber-optics-sensing system with a photonic switch on in-service telecom fiber cables.

Publication Link: https://opg.optica.org/abstract.cfm?uri=OFS-2020-Th2.3