Title :
PON protection architectures achieving total cost reduction
Author :
Mas Machuca, C. ; Chen, J. ; Wosinska, L.
Author_Institution :
Tech. Univ. Munchen (TUM), München, Germany
Abstract :
A new way to provide protection in TDM PONs is proposed and evaluated. It is shown that very low investment is needed to provide protection. In this way the total cost can be reduced due to the diminution of the OPEX related to the failure management.
Keywords :
cost reduction; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network reliability; time division multiplexing; OPEX; TDM PON protection architectures; cost reduction; failure management; time division multiplexing passive optical network; Business; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Passive optical networks;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Photonics Conference and Exhibition (ACP), 2010 Asia
Conference_Location :
Shanghai
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7111-9
DOI :
10.1109/ACP.2010.5682700
