Title :
The future of optical transmission in access and metro networks - an operator´s view
Author :
Davey, R.P. ; Payne, D.B.
Author_Institution :
Martlesham Health, Ipswich, UK
Abstract :
To economically support significant bandwidth growth, it is necessary to simplify networks. The concept of long reach access promises to achieve this and the first steps in demonstrating its feasibility have been reported.
Keywords :
bandwidth allocation; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre subscriber loops; access network; bandwidth growth; metro network; optical transmission;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2005. ECOC 2005. 31st European Conference on
Conference_Location :
IET
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-543-1
