Title :
Engineering a Scalable and Bandwidth Elastic Next Generation PON
Author :
Kartalopoulos, Stamatios V. ; Sierra, Andres
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Oklahoma, Tulsa
Abstract :
We engineer and simulate the scalability and bandwidth elasticity of a next generation PON. Our scalable PON hierarchically combines WDM and TDM, and it connects 16,000 end-users with elastic bandwidth on demand with high performance.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; PON; TDM; WDM; bandwidth elasticity; passive optical network; scalability simulation; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; Bandwidth; Costs; Network topology; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Space technology; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2007. OFC/NFOEC 2007. Conference on
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-831-4
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348499
