Title :
Economic viability of OXC based network
Author_Institution :
MCI WorldCom, Richardson, TX, USA
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;
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
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.1999.767824
