DocumentCode
1262479
Title
Evaluating strategies for evolution of passive optical networks
Author
Andrade, M.D. ; Kramer, Glen ; Wosinska, Lena ; Chen, Jiajia ; Sallent, Sebastià ; Mukherjee, Biswanath
Volume
49
Issue
7
fYear
2011
fDate
7/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
176
Lastpage
184
Abstract
Rapidly-increasing traffic demands will require the upgrade of optical access networks, namely deployed Passive Optical Networks (PONs), which may soon face capacity exhaustion. Such upgrade options must consider several technical and cost factors for evolution toward a shared multiple-channel PON using Wavelength- Division Multiplexing (WDM). WDM can facilitate the seamless upgrade of PONs, since capacity can be increased by adding new wavelength channels. We study the requirements for optimal migration toward higher bandwidth per user, and examine scenarios and cost-effective solutions for PON evolution.
Keywords
passive optical networks; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; wireless channels; WDM; network traffic; optical access networks; passive optical networks; shared multiple-channel PON; wavelength channel; wavelength-division multiplexing; Fiber optics; Optical fiber devices; Optical filters; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0163-6804
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MCOM.2011.5936171
Filename
5936171
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