DocumentCode
2342314
Title
Architectural issues of legacy copper network
Author
Croft, D.C.
Author_Institution
BT Network Transp. Eng. Centre, Martlesham, UK
fYear
1998
fDate
35923
Firstpage
42522
Lastpage
42526
Abstract
BT´s copper access network represents a huge investment made over many years. There are now over 30 million working copper pairs, contained in 2 million kilometres of cable, connecting the vast majority of the households and businesses in the UK. The network is therefore seen as a prime asset, but its historical nature also brings problems. This paper examines how these problems are being tackled, and how it is possible, given care, to make a legacy copper network work far harder than the original designers ever imagined
Keywords
copper; BT; Cu; UK; businesses; copper pairs; legacy copper network; network architecture; network topology;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
iet
Conference_Titel
Shaping Tomorrow's Networks: Trends in Network Architectures for Delivering Present and Future Service (Ref. No. 1998/295), IEE Colloquium on
Conference_Location
London
Type
conf
DOI
10.1049/ic:19980498
Filename
707860
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