Title :
Achieving open access in Ethernet PON (EPON)
Author :
Banerjee, Amitabha ; Mukherjee, Biswanath ; Kramer, Glen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
"Open access" is a regulatory requirement in many countries mandating that the residential access network infrastructure be competitively available to service providers. We propose dual service-level agreements (SLAs) to enforce fairness in open access EPON.
Keywords :
government policies; legislation; local area networks; optical fibre subscriber loops; Ethernet PON; Ethernet passive optical networks; dual SLA; dual service-level agreements; fairness; government regulations; open access; regulatory requirement; residential access network infrastructure; service providers; Bandwidth; Central office; EPON; Ethernet networks; Intelligent networks; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Passive optical networks;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2005. Technical Digest. OFC/NFOEC
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-783-0
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2005.192794
