Title :
Fibre loop architectures: a comparative evaluation
Author :
Farina, Alberto ; Rosi, Riccardo ; Trondoli, Alberto
Author_Institution :
Sirti SpA, Milano, Italy
Abstract :
Several optical fiber system architectures for use in residential and business local loops are compared in terms of their economic and technical benefits. The architectures include fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) double star configuration, fiber-to-the-building (FTTB) tree configuration, FTTB fiber-to-the-office (FTTO) star configuration, and FTTB/FTTO ring/star configuration. It is concluded that a copper access network is more cost effective for narrowband services, although fiber-based solutions allow an easier evaluation toward broadband services
Keywords :
B-ISDN; ISDN; optical links; subscriber loops; FTTB tree configuration; FTTB/FTTO ring/star configuration; FTTC double star configuration; ISDN; POTS; broadband services; business local loops; economic benefits; fiber-to-the-building; fiber-to-the-curb; fiber-to-the-office; fibre loop architectures; narrowband services; residential local loops; technical benefits; Companies; Computer aided manufacturing; Copper; High speed optical techniques; Narrowband; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical saturation; Quality of service; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1992. ICC '92, Conference record, SUPERCOMM/ICC '92, Discovering a New World of Communications., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0599-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1992.267971
