Title :
Beyond a Gigabit on plastic optical fibre at the FTTH gateway
Author :
Huiszoon, Bas ; de Laat, Maurice ; Shi, Y. ; Eman, B. ; van den Hoven, Gerlas
Author_Institution :
Genexis B.V., Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
Broadband in-home connectivity is the next issue to resolve now that the access bottleneck has disappeared. This work highlights market developments that drive in-home networks to run at Gigabit speeds and beyond. A worlds-first field trial using ITU-T G.hn technology, large-core 1 mm step-index plastic optical fibre, and all-commercial devices is shown. It demonstrates the possibilities of cost-effective Gb/s networking in the home.
Keywords :
broadband networks; internetworking; optical fibre subscriber loops; FTTH gateway; ITU-T G.hn technology; broadband in-home connectivity; commercial devices; cost-effective Gb/s networking; fibre-to-the-home; gigabit; in-home networks; plastic optical fibre; step-index plastic optical fibre; Bandwidth; Broadband communication; Integrated optics; Internet; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Optical fibers; Passive optical networks; FTTH; ITU-T G.hn; SI-POF; field trial; local area networks; optical fibre communication;
Conference_Titel :
Transparent Optical Networks (ICTON), 2013 15th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cartagena
DOI :
10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602801
