Title :
Link utilization and comparison of EPON and GPON access network cost
Author :
Lallukka, Sami ; Raatikainen, Pertti
Author_Institution :
VTT Inf. Technol., Espoo, Finland
fDate :
28 Nov.-2 Dec. 2005
Abstract :
Optical transmission is getting more popular in the access network due to the increasing demand for bandwidth. The most advertised transport solutions for the optical access are Ethernet based PON (EPON) and gigabit-capable PON (GPON), and the problem is which one to choose when establishing a new access network. This paper studies the network cost of EPON and GPON and bases the comparison on the link utilization.
Keywords :
optical fibre LAN; optical links; subscriber loops; Ethernet passive optical network; GPON access network cost; gigabit-capable PON; link utilization; optical transmission; Accuracy; Bandwidth; Costs; EPON; Ethernet networks; Information technology; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Synchronous digital hierarchy;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2005. GLOBECOM '05. IEEE
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-9414-3
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2005.1577638
