Title :
Cost and performance evaluation of WDM-based access networks
Author :
Huelsermann, R. ; Grobe, Klaus ; Breuer, Dirk
Author_Institution :
Deutsche Telekom AG Labs., Berlin, Germany
Abstract :
WDM-based next-generation access systems have been compared to G-PON/XG-PON1 for high per-user bandwidths and access-node consolidation. Only with increasing sustained user bandwidth and decreasing node number, WDM-PON gets increasingly efficient.
Keywords :
costing; next generation networks; performance evaluation; subscriber loops; wavelength division multiplexing; G-PON/XG-PON1; WDM-PON; WDM-based access networks; WDM-based next-generation access sγstems; access-node consolidation; cost evaluation; high per-user bandwidths; node number; performance evaluation; user bandwidth; Bandwidth; Optical fibers; Optical transmitters; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC), 2013
Conference_Location :
Anaheim, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0457-0
