Cost and energy consumption analysis of advanced WDM-PONs

Author

Grobe, Klaus ; Roppelt, Markus ; Autenrieth, Achim ; Elbers, Jörg-Peter ; Eiselt, Michael

Volume

49

Issue

2

fYear

2011

fDate

2/1/2011 12:00:00 AM

Abstract

Next-generation access systems will have to provide bandwidths in excess of 100 Mb/s per residential customer, in conjunction with high customer count and high maximum reach. Potential systems solutions include several variants of WDM-PONs. These systems, however, differ significantly in their cost (capital expenditures) and energy consumption potential. We compare several WDM-PON concepts, including hybrid WDM-PON with integrated per-wavelength multiple access, with regard to these parameters. We also show the impact and importance of generic next-generation bandwidth and reach requirements.

Keywords

energy consumption; multi-access systems; next generation networks; passive optical networks; wavelength division multiplexing; advanced WDM-PON; bit rate 100 Mbit/s; energy consumption analysis; next generation access system; next generation bandwidth; passive optical network; per-wavelength multiple access; wavelength division multiplexing; Bandwidth; Broadband communication; Cost benefit analysis; Energy consumption; Insertion loss; Passive optical networks; Transceivers; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCOM.2011.5706310

Filename

5706310