Title :
Cost Minimization Planning for Passive Optical Networks
Author :
Ji Li ; Gangxiang Shen
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We plan PON network deployment to minimize its total cost. An efficient heuristic is proposed, which can reduce 50%~70% PON network deployment costs compared to a benchmark sectoring approach.
Keywords :
cost reduction; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network planning; PON network deployment; cost minimization planning; passive optical networks; Australia; Central office; Cost function; EPON; Ethernet networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical saturation; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528288
