Fiber-to-the-Home: 1977–2007

Author

Shumate, Paul W.

Author_Institution

Telcordia Technol., Morristown, NJ

Volume

26

Issue

9

fYear

2008

fDate

5/1/2008 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1093

Lastpage

1103

Abstract

Fiber has been envisioned for delivering broadband services to the residential customer for over 30 years, yet it has only recently entered the mainstream. Currently, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) is being installed in many countries at remarkable rates (even though it still constitutes only a fraction of all broadband lines in most countries). Other lightwave transmission technologies have progressed far faster. What has held FTTH up for so long? What improvements along the way have occurred? What recent changes have made it successful? This article follows the progress in moving fiber toward the home and major architectural changes that have reduced costs while increasing capabilities to meet today´s needs.

Keywords

broadband networks; customer services; optical fibre subscriber loops; telecommunication services; FTTH; broadband services; fiber-to-the-home; lightwave transmission technologies; residential customer; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Coaxial cables; DSL; Hybrid fiber coaxial cables; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical fiber subscriber loops; Passive optical networks; Broadband; Full Service Access Network (FSAN); Gigabit passive optical network (GPON); broadband passive optical network (BPON); ethernet-based passive optical network (EPON); fiber-to-the-home (FTTH); fiber-to-the-premises (FTTP); optical communications; passive optical network (PON);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2008.923601

Filename

4542893