A techno-economic comparison of the RACE 2024 BAF and other broadband access systems

Author

Böcker, G-J ; Gobbi, R. ; Inch, R. ; Morillo, A. ; Pitts, J.

Author_Institution

AT&T Networks Systems, Nederland B.V., Hilversum, Netherlands

fYear

1993

Abstract

The broadband access systems for residential and small business users being developed within the RACE 2024 project is described. The system developed transmits asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cells over a passive optical network (PON) at 622 MB/s using time division multiplexing/time division multiple access (TDM/TDMA) techniques. The use of a medium access control algorithm allows dynamic bandwidth allocation between the 32 subscriber terminations. A techno-economic comparison between the system being implemented and alternative systems is described and preliminary results of the comparison given

Keywords

optical fibre subscriber loops; 622 Mbit/s; PON; RACE 2024 project; TDM; TDMA; asynchronous transfer mode; broad access facilities; broadband access systems; dynamic bandwidth allocation; economics; medium access control algorithm; passive optical network; time division multiple access; time division multiplexing; Bandwidth; Communications technology; Costs; Educational institutions; Europe; Heuristic algorithms; Media Access Protocol; Narrowband; Passive optical networks; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical/Hybrid Access Networks, 1993., 5th Conference on

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que.

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1249-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OHAN.1993.588647

Filename

588647