DocumentCode
1245373
Title
Telecom carriers actively pursue passive optical networks
Author
Lawton, George
Volume
38
Issue
2
fYear
2005
Firstpage
19
Lastpage
21
Abstract
As optical networking has become more affordable, it has moved from the network backbone to wide and metropolitan area networks and then to the local loop. To take advantage of this, telecommunications providers have begun experimenting with various fiber-based technologies to find ones that offer high performance at low cost. One of the leading candidates has been touted for years as the wave of the future: passive optical networks.
Keywords
asynchronous transfer mode; optical fibre LAN; ATM; Ethernet; asynchronous transfer mode; fiber-based technologies; passive fibre optical networks; telecom carriers; Ethernet networks; Fiber lasers; High speed optical techniques; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical sensors; Passive optical networks; Repeaters; Telecommunications;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MC.2005.72
Filename
1401765
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