Title :
The use of optical fibre to provide economic telecommunication in rural areas
Author_Institution :
Siemens Ltd., Pretoria, South Africa
Abstract :
The optical fibre distributed concentrator (OFDC) allows the economic provisioning of voice and data services in rural areas. It is integrated into the Siemens EWSD digital public exchange. The OFDC consists of a central office terminal (COT) and one or more remote terminals (RTs). The RTs connect to an optical fibre loop which terminates at the COT. An example network is depicted and described
Keywords :
data communication; digital communication; economics; line concentrators; optical fibre subscriber loops; telephone exchanges; voice communication; Siemens EWSD digital public exchange; central office terminal; data services; economic telecommunication; optical fibre; optical fibre distributed concentrator; optical fibre loop; remote terminals; rural areas; voice services; Central office; Circuit testing; Modems; Optical fiber devices; Optical fibers; Power generation economics; Quality of service; Repeaters; Road transportation; Speech;
Conference_Titel :
Communications and Signal Processing, 1993., Proceedings of the 1993 IEEE South African Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Jan Smuts Airport
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1292-9
DOI :
10.1109/COMSIG.1993.365848
