Title :
Future bandwidth demand favors TDM PON, not WDM PON
Author_Institution :
Alcatel-Lucent, Nozay, France
Abstract :
Claims to the contrary notwithstanding, quantitative trends indicate that TDM PON bandwidth supply is growing faster than subscriber bandwidth demand, and TDM PON will deliver future ultra-high speed services far more efficiently than WDM PON.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; TDM PON; WDM PON; bandwidth demand; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Passive optical networks; Streaming media; Time division multiplexing; Upper bound; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
