Title :
Competing access technologies
Author :
Vetter, Peter ; Van Der Plas, Gert
Author_Institution :
Res. Div., Alcatel Telecom, Antwerp, Belgium
Abstract :
This tutorial describes the current situation and possible evolutions for access networks. Fibre, copper, and radio are combined to obtain a flexible, high-speed, and low-cost platform for multimedia services
Keywords :
multimedia communication; Cu; copper cable links; flexible high-speed low-cost platform; multimedia services; optical fibre subscriber loops; radio links; subscriber loop access technologies; tutorial;
Conference_Titel :
Integrated Optics and Optical Fibre Communications, 11th International Conference on, and 23rd European Conference on Optical Communications (Conf. Publ. No.: 448)
Conference_Location :
Edinburgh
Print_ISBN :
0-85296-697-0
DOI :
10.1049/cp:19971544
