Investigation into optical technologies for access evolution
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Chanclou, P.; Lanquetin, J.-P.; Durel, S.; Saliou, F.; Landousies, B.; Genay, N.; Belfqih, Z.
- Source
- 2009 Conference on Optical Fiber Communication Optical Fiber Communication, 2009 Conference on. :1-3 Mar, 2009
- Subject
- Photonics and Electrooptics
Components, Circuits, Devices and Systems
Engineered Materials, Dielectrics and Plasmas
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Signal Processing and Analysis
Passive optical networks
Optical fiber networks
Optical attenuators
Optical mixing
Optical fiber subscriber loops
Central office
Urban areas
Costs
Telecommunications
Customer service
(060.4510) Optical communications
(060.4250) Networks
- Language
This paper considers the main technical challenges for optical access network deployment. Technological evolution of broadband optical networks is discussed with the need for adapting both metropolitan and access networks to the customer services demand evolution.