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Passive Optical Networks
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Passive Optical Networks

by Cedric F. Lam
October 2007
Intermediate to advanced
368 pages
10h 55m
English
Academic Press
Content preview from Passive Optical Networks
Chapter 3
Optical Technologies in
Passive Optical Access
Networks
Elaine Wong
The University of Melbourne
3.1 INTRODUCTION
The optical technologies in the access network environment have been devel-
oping and advancing at a rapid rate with goals of achieving ease of installation,
manageability, upgradeability, and customer friendliness, in addition to per-
formance and high reliability. Each of these goals bears a direct contribution
to the overall capital and operational expenditures for the network. For wide-
spread uptake and deployment, it is imperative that the network be cost-
competitive to current access technologies. In this chapter, optical technologies ...
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ISBN: 9780123738530