Title :
Energy Consumption in Access Networks
Author :
Baliga, Jayant ; Ayre, R. ; Sorin, W.V. ; Hinton, Kerry ; Tucker, Rodney
Author_Institution :
ARC Special Res. Centre for Ultra-Broadband Inf. Networks, Melbourne Univ., Melbourne, VIC, Australia
Abstract :
We present a comparison of energy consumption of access networks. We consider passive optical networks, fiber to the node, point-to-point optical systems and WiMAX. Optical access technologies provide the most energy-efficient solutions.
Keywords :
WiMax; optical fibre subscriber loops; passive networks; WiMAX; energy consumption; fiber to the node; passive optical networks; point-to-point optical systems; wireless access networks; Energy consumption; Energy efficiency; High speed optical techniques; Internet; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; WiMAX;
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.2008.4528538
