• DocumentCode
    338663
  • Title

    Economic viability of OXC based network

  • Author

    Nathan, S.

  • Author_Institution
    MCI WorldCom, Richardson, TX, USA
  • Volume
    1
  • fYear
    1999
  • fDate
    21-26 Feb. 1999
  • Firstpage
    157
  • Abstract
    Optical networking seems to be the next major revolution to the telecommunication industry. This paper addresses the key factors involved in embracing this into any operator´s network. Various optical networking architecture options are described and economic analyses are shown as the primary filtering method to reduce thousands of variations to a handful of options.
  • Keywords
    economics; optical fibre networks; OXC architecture; economic analysis; optical network; telecommunication industry; Bandwidth; Communication industry; Costs; Environmental economics; Fabrics; Marketing management; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical network units; Telecommunication switching;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 1999, and the International Conference on Integrated Optics and Optical Fiber Communication. OFC/IOOC '99. Technical Digest
  • Conference_Location
    San Diego, CA, USA
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-582-X
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.1999.767824
  • Filename
    767824