Title :
STARGATE: the next evolutionary step toward unleashing the potential of WDM EPONs [Topics in Optical Communications]
Author :
Maier, Martin ; Herzog, Martin ; Reisslein, Martin
Author_Institution :
Inst. Nat. de la Recherche Sci., Montreal, Que.
fDate :
5/1/2007 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
WDM EPONs are rapidly becoming mature. In this article we briefly review the state of the art of cost reduction, colorless ONUs, and WDM PONs. We then lift the veil of future WDM EPONs, and elaborate on evolutionary cost-effective upgrades of WDM EPONs and their all-optical WDM integration with Ethernet-based metropolitan area networks to provide transparent connections at the wavelength and sub-wavelength granularity on demand between ONUs residing in different WDM EPONs.
Keywords :
local area networks; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Ethernet-based metropolitan area networks; STARGATE; WDM EPON; colorless ONU; cost reduction; Bandwidth; EPON; Ethernet networks; Optical buffering; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; SONET; Time division multiplexing; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCOM.2007.358848
