DocumentCode
845341
Title
STARGATE: the next evolutionary step toward unleashing the potential of WDM EPONs [Topics in Optical Communications]
Author
Maier, Martin ; Herzog, Martin ; Reisslein, Martin
Author_Institution
Inst. Nat. de la Recherche Sci., Montreal, Que.
Volume
45
Issue
5
fYear
2007
fDate
5/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
50
Lastpage
56
Abstract
WDM EPONs are rapidly becoming mature. In this article we briefly review the state of the art of cost reduction, colorless ONUs, and WDM PONs. We then lift the veil of future WDM EPONs, and elaborate on evolutionary cost-effective upgrades of WDM EPONs and their all-optical WDM integration with Ethernet-based metropolitan area networks to provide transparent connections at the wavelength and sub-wavelength granularity on demand between ONUs residing in different WDM EPONs.
Keywords
local area networks; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Ethernet-based metropolitan area networks; STARGATE; WDM EPON; colorless ONU; cost reduction; Bandwidth; EPON; Ethernet networks; Optical buffering; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; SONET; Time division multiplexing; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Communications Magazine, IEEE
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0163-6804
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MCOM.2007.358848
Filename
4197714
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