Economic issues of broadband access platform evolution

Author

Welling, Ilari ; Lahteenoja, Markku ; Broens, Bart ; Dam, Yvonne Van ; Vetter, Peter ; Andersen, Niels Engell

Author_Institution

Nokia Group, Nokia Res. Center, Espoo, Finland

Volume

2

fYear

1999

fDate

6/21/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1097

Abstract

This paper studies the techno-economic aspects of future broadband access platform evolution. The results are based on three projects: AC038 Broadband-Loop, AC050 PLANET and AC028 TOBASCO that are part of the European Union ACTS programme. These projects have developed alternative broadband access solutions using VDSL, Super PON and WDM technologies. First, the technical essence of these network solutions is described project by project. The paper presents the central results of the techno-economic evaluation of these architectures. Finally conclusions are presented in the form of a guideline followed by an explanation

Keywords

broadband networks; digital subscriber lines; economics; optical fibre subscriber loops; research initiatives; wavelength division multiplexing; AC028 TOBASCO; AC038 Broadband-Loop; AC050 PLANET; European Union ACTS programme; Super PON; VDSL; WDM technology; broadband access platform evolution; economic issues; network solutions; passive optical network; techno-economic aspects; very high rate digital subscriber line; Bandwidth; Bidirectional control; Coaxial components; Modems; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Planets; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1999. GLOBECOM '99

Conference_Location

Rio de Janeireo

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5796-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1999.829944

Filename

829944