Title :
Techno-Economic Evaluation of Optical Access and Metropolitan Area Networks: The Influence of the Status of Maturity of the Photonics Component Industry
Author :
Varoutas, Dimitris ; Kamalakis, Thomas ; Katsianis, Dimitris ; Sphicopoulos, Thomas ; Monath, Thomas
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. & Telecommun., Athens Univ., Athens
Abstract :
A techno-economic evaluation of the business aspects of optical networks in the access/metro optical networks is given and its relation to the evolution of the photonic component industry is highlighted.
Keywords :
economics; manufacturing industries; metropolitan area networks; optical elements; optical fibre networks; business aspects; metropolitan area networks; optical access networks; photonic component industry; photonics component industry; Buildings; Economic forecasting; Metropolitan area networks; Optical devices; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Passive optical networks; Photonics; Power cables; Solid modeling;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348384
