Title :
Techno-economic study of high-splitting ratio PONs and comparison with conventional FTTH-PONs/FTTH-P2P/FTTB and FTTC deployments
Author :
Chatzi, Sotiria ; Tomkos, Ioannis
Author_Institution :
Univ. Polytecnica de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain
Abstract :
We present a techno-economic study on the outside plant costs comparison between the standard FTTH-PON deployments with future high-splitting ratio PONs. The high-splitting ratio PONs are also compared with other FTTx deployments.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical fibre subscriber loops; FTTC deployment; conventional FTTH-PON-FTTH-P2P-FTTB; fiber-to-the-home; high-splitting ratio PON; technoeconomic study; Ducts; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Optical fibers; Power cables;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
