Title :
Techno-economic issues in future telecom networks
Author :
Lord, Andrew ; Wade, Martin
Author_Institution :
BT, Ipswich
Abstract :
Long-reach access coupled to a large flat all-optical core network via a core node switch is a strong contender for the most economic future network architecture. This paper looks at implications for the core.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; telecommunication switching; all-optical core network; core node switch; economic future network architecture.; techno-economic issues; telecom networks; Bandwidth; Costs; Economic forecasting; Monitoring; Optical fiber devices; Optical packet switching; Optical polarization; Optical switches; Passive optical networks; Telecommunication traffic;
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.2007.4348891
