Optical Access Networks and Advanced Photonics: Technologies and Deployment Strategies

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Автор: Chochliouros I.P., Heliotis G.A.

Название: Optical Access Networks and Advanced Photonics: Technologies and Deployment Strategies

Издательство: Information Science Reference

Год: 2010

Формат: PDF

Размер: 14 Мб

Язык: Английский

Страниц: 380

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This book presents a comprehensive overview of the emerging optical access network solutions that promise to cater for current and predicted future voice, data and video services needs, and ultimately change the way we experience broadband. With a thematically wide selection of chapters that are written by renowned researchers of the field, the book provides a well-rounded and thorough overview of the current and upcoming state-of-the-art optical access networks, discussing technological, regulatory, business and deployment aspects, based on current international trends, policies and applied measures.

The core objective of the book is two-fold: It intends to discuss the challenge imposed by fibre-optic access networks worldwide as a strategic choice (or even as a necessity due to rapid technology and market development) of market operators, in order to provide immediate responses to the fast evolutionary progress in bandwidth demand. To this aim, apart from the exact analysis of all underlying strategic initiatives, we discuss and evaluate specific technology trends in order to realize the expected beneficial use of optical access infrastructures, as a modern and viable network solution. On the other hand, we deal with current market cases and assess several potential opportunities observed at the global level, by discussing and analyzing specific cases (as currently appear in Asia, America and Europe). The current diversity among international markets can also reflect other trends explaining why in some cases such networks have been very rapidly deployed (and have already affected growth by contributing to the national economies) while in others there are still limitations and uncertainties, preventing from further growth. This option is quite important, especially in the scope of liberalized and competitive markets, as any further delay may result to negative results for further economy progress.