Title :
Limited flexibility: A cost-effective trade-off for reconfigurable WDM-TDM optical access networks
Author :
Tran, Nguyen-Cac ; Koonen, Ton ; Okonkwo, Chigo ; Tangdiongga, Eduward
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Eindhoven Univ. of Technol., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
We analyze the congestion probability and energy consumption of WDM-TDM optical access networks with different degrees of flexibility. Cost-effective limited flexibility can reduce congestion by 23% and consumed energy at the OLT by 33%.
Keywords :
optical fibre subscriber loops; probability; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; congestion probability; cost-effective limited flexibility; cost-effective trade-off; energy consumption; reconfigurable WDM-TDM optical access networks; Energy consumption; 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
