Title : 
Protection scheme for passive optical networks shared between a fixed and a mobile operator
         
        
            Author : 
Kiess, Wolfgang ; Changsoon Choi ; Khan, Ajmal ; Kozu, K. ; Kellerer, Wolfgang
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
DOCOMO Commun. Labs., Eur. GmbH, Munich, Germany
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
A protection scheme for passive optical networks (PONs) is proposed. It supports partial protection, relevant when reusing existing PON infrastructure for LTE-Advanced mobile network backhaul. We provide a protection level and cost analysis.
         
        
            Keywords : 
Long Term Evolution; passive optical networks; telecommunication network reliability; LTE-advanced mobile network backhaul; PON infrastructure; cost analysis; fixed operator; mobile operator; partial protection; passive optical networks; protection level; Base stations; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Passive optical networks;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2012 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Los Angeles, CA
         
        
        
            Print_ISBN : 
978-1-4673-0262-3