What is the best fiber for transport networks in Poland?

Author

Borzycki, Krzysztof

Author_Institution

Dept. of Transmission & Fiber Opt., Nat. Inst. of Telecommun., Warsaw, Poland

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

23

Lastpage

26

Abstract

Faced with competition and explosive growth of Internet usage, Polish telecom operators need to provide more transport capacity quickly, flexibly and economically. Large and medium sized businesses demand high capacity fiber access. Dense wavelength division multiplexing (D-WDM), at N×2.5 Gbit/s level, is technology of choice for network upgrades now, with N×10 Gbit/s systems considered for near future. This paper attempts to identify reasons for the difference and suggest optimum choice for Poland, taking into account conditions like economics and geography. The conclusion is generally to stay with G.652 fiber in medium term-5 years or so, rather than massively invest in nonzero-dispersion shifted fiber plant right now

Keywords

Internet; optical fibre subscriber loops; wavelength division multiplexing; G.652 fiber; Gbit/s level; Internet usage; Poland; Polish telecom; dense wavelength division multiplexing; economically; economics; geography; high capacity fiber access; large sized businesses; medium sized businesses; network upgrades; nonzero-dispersion shifted fiber plant; optimum choice; transport capacity; transport networks; Acceleration; Bandwidth; Intelligent networks; Internet; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber testing; Optical fibers; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Telecommunications; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2000 2nd International Conference on

Conference_Location

Gdansk

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6337-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2000.874105

Filename

874105