Title :
The business case for PON
Author_Institution :
Broadcom Corp., Petaluma, CA, USA
Abstract :
The need for upgrading the access network to PON is reviewed from technical and environmental perspectives, and an order-of-magnitude financial model is developed to estimate the costs, time-line, and return-on-investment.
Keywords :
costing; investment; passive optical networks; PON; access network; business case; cost estimation; order-of-magnitude financial model; passive optical network; return-on-investment; time-line; Bandwidth; Investments; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Passive optical networks;
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
