DocumentCode
1678977
Title
Engineering a Scalable and Bandwidth Elastic Next Generation PON
Author
Kartalopoulos, Stamatios V. ; Sierra, Andres
Author_Institution
Univ. of Oklahoma, Tulsa
fYear
2007
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
8
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;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
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
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2007.4348499
Filename
4348499
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