Recent research advancements in in-building optical networks

Author

Koonen, Ton ; Okonkwo, Chigo ; Shi, Yan ; Van den Boom, Henrie ; Tran, Nguyen-Cac ; Tangdiongga, Eduward

Author_Institution

COBRA Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands

fYear

2011

fDate

26-30 June 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

5

Abstract

For in-building communication, a powerful backbone network can be created by means of optical fibre, which in a single infrastructure can offer a wealth of both fixed and wireless service connections to the users. Next to the technological challenges, important aspects to be taken into account are the economics of network installation and operation, and sustainability. An overview is given of recent research results regarding the optimization of network architectures, and regarding advanced signal processing for economical and sustainable delivery of high-capacity wired and wireless services over various types of multimode (plastic) optical fibre.

Keywords

optical fibre subscriber loops; radio-over-fibre; telecommunication network routing; advanced signal processing; backbone network; fixed service connections; high-capacity wired services; in-building communication; in-building optical networks; multimode plastic optical fibre; network architectures; network installation; network operation; wireless service connections; wireless services; Floors; Network topology; Optical fibers; Power demand; Wavelength routing; in-building network; plastic optical fibre; radio-over-fibre; techno-economics; wavelength routing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2011 13th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Stockholm

ISSN

2161-2056

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0881-7

Electronic_ISBN

2161-2056

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2011.5970901

Filename

5970901