Title :
Evolvable, sustainable, low power optical network architectures
Abstract :
ICT and telecommunications are a solution towards combating climate change. We maintain that LR-PON + flat optical core offers: An economic and environmentally sustainable solution. An evolvable solution adaptable to new technologies Ability to grow user peak rates and user sustained bandwidth by several orders of magnitude. Mobile Broadband will dominate telecoms energy consumption for the next two decades. Reduce impact via: A common network for wireless backhaul and fixed network services? Off-load of mobile broadband traffic onto fixed network via WiFi equipped ONUs?
Keywords :
energy consumption; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; wireless LAN; ICT; LR-PON; ONU; WiFi; climate change; common network; fixed network services; flat optical core; low power optical network; mobile broadband traffic; telecommunications; telecoms energy consumption; wireless backhaul services; Bandwidth; Optical fibers; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
