JOURNAL ARTICLE

Converged heterogeneous optical metro-access networks

Abstract

Concepts are described for realizing a versatile converged optical metro-access infrastructure supporting a heterogeneous mix of multiple services from different operators and for different kinds of customers or client systems over a common metro-wide flexible and transparent fiber network.

Keywords:
Computer science Computer network Access network Optical fiber Telecommunications 10G-PON Passive optical network Wavelength-division multiplexing

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Power Line Communications and Noise
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Advanced Optical Network Technologies
Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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Physical Sciences →  Engineering →  Electrical and Electronic Engineering
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