• DocumentCode
    1676072
  • Title

    Techno-Economic Evaluation of Optical Access and Metropolitan Area Networks: The Influence of the Status of Maturity of the Photonics Component Industry

  • Author

    Varoutas, Dimitris ; Kamalakis, Thomas ; Katsianis, Dimitris ; Sphicopoulos, Thomas ; Monath, Thomas

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Inf. & Telecommun., Athens Univ., Athens
  • fYear
    2007
  • Firstpage
    1
  • Lastpage
    3
  • Abstract
    A techno-economic evaluation of the business aspects of optical networks in the access/metro optical networks is given and its relation to the evolution of the photonic component industry is highlighted.
  • Keywords
    economics; manufacturing industries; metropolitan area networks; optical elements; optical fibre networks; business aspects; metropolitan area networks; optical access networks; photonic component industry; photonics component industry; Buildings; Economic forecasting; Metropolitan area networks; Optical devices; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Passive optical networks; Photonics; Power cables; Solid modeling;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
  • Conference_Location
    Anaheim, CA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-831-4
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2007.4348384
  • Filename
    4348384