Systems aspects of APON/VDSL deployment

Author

Vetter, Peter ; Goderis, Danny ; Verpooten, L. ; Granger, Alaln

Author_Institution

Alcatel Corp. Res. Centre, Antwerp, Belgium

Volume

38

Issue

5

fYear

2000

fDate

5/1/2000 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

66

Lastpage

72

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview of some system aspects allowing full service deployment over hybrid fiber-twisted pair access networks with a VDSL drop. Although VDSL and ADSL systems are similar from the point of view of transmission technology, there are differences in the architecture and implementation due to both the higher bandwidth and shorter copper loop length for VDSL. The VDSL drivers are given in the introduction. The next section describes the system architecture and the functionality of the various building blocks. Special attention is paid to optical feeder technology, for which APON is a well-suited technology. Concepts to reduce the cost of ownership are also discussed

Keywords

digital subscriber lines; optical fibre subscriber loops; twisted pair cables; ADSL systems; APON/VDSL deployment; Cu; SONET/SDH; VDSL drivers; VDSL drop; VDSL systems; bandwidth; copper loop length; hybrid fiber-twisted pair access networks; optical feeder technology; ownership costs reduction; service deployment; system architecture; system implementation; transmission technology; Application software; Bandwidth; Biomedical optical imaging; Copper; Costs; Design automation; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Telecommunications;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.841828

Filename

841828