Architecture and system design optimization for the next generation of FTTC systems

Author

Gillespie, Alex

Author_Institution

British Telecommun. Res. Labs., Martlesham Heath, Ipswich, UK

fYear

1991

fDate

23-26 Jun 1991

Firstpage

911

Abstract

British Telecom´s telephony on passive optical network (TPON) system already supports fiber to the curb (FTTC) through Street TPON. TPON also provides a reference for the analysis of the next generation of FTTC systems. Increasing the copper fan-out increases the number of telephony customers through readjustments in optical fan-out and data rate. The efficiency of the entire system can be increased through concentration and voice compression. In addition, signal modulation and coding can increase the effective sensitivity of optical receivers, giving a further increase in the total fan-out. The analysis of the trade-offs shows that several thousand customers can be supported on an FTTC system using present optical technology

Keywords

encoding; optical links; speech analysis and processing; subscriber loops; telephony; BT; British Telecom; FTTC systems; Street TPON; TPON; coding; concentration; data rate; fiber to the curb; optical fan-out; optical receiver sensitivity; optical technology; signal modulation; speech compression; subscriber loops; system design optimization; telephony on passive optical network; voice compression; Copper; Design optimization; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Passive optical networks; System analysis and design; Telecommunications; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1991. ICC '91, Conference Record. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0006-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1991.162490

Filename

162490