DocumentCode
2845064
Title
A quantitative techno-economic comparison of current and next generation metro/access converged optical networks
Author
Chatzi, Sotiria ; Lazaro, Jose A. ; Prat, Josep ; Tomkos, Ioannis
Author_Institution
Athens Inf. Technol., Athens, Greece
fYear
2010
fDate
19-23 Sept. 2010
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
A techno-economic comparison for the outside plant (OSP) and the active equipment of three access-metro networks, a) EP2P, b) GPON and c) a hybrid WDM/TDM based converged access-metro solution, shows the actual expected cost benefit of the third solution.
Keywords
metropolitan area networks; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; EP2P; GPON; access-metro networks; active equipment; hybrid WDM/TDM based converged access-metro solution; next generation metro/access converged optical networks; outside plant; quantitative technoeconomic comparison; Optical fiber amplifiers; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber devices; Passive optical networks; Power cables;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location
Torino
Print_ISBN
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN
978-1-4244-8534-5
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621262
Filename
5621262
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