• 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