Title :
Power efficiency of optical versus electronic access networks
Author :
Gladisch, Andreas ; Lange, Christoph ; Leppla, Ralph
Author_Institution :
T-Systems Enterprise Services GmbH, Goslarer Ufer 35, 10589 Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
Based on a model of a typical operator network we have compared the power consumption of different broadband access technologies and architectures especially DSL, FTTN + VDSL and FTTH. Even though power management improves the performance there is still clear advantage of FTTH with respect to energy efficiency.
Keywords :
Cable TV; Coaxial cables; Energy consumption; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Modems; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Optical network units; Switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels, Belgium
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729235
