Evolution of Optical Access Networks

  • Authors:

  • Pandelis Kourtessis;Carlos Almeida;Ching-Hung Chang;Jiajia Chen;Silvia Bartolo;P. Fasser;Maurice Gagnaire;Erich Leitgeb;Mário Lima;Markus Löschnigg;Marian Marciniak;Natasa Pavlovic;Y. Shachaf;Antonio Luis Teixeira;Giorgio Maria Tosi Beleffi;Lena Wosinska

  • Affiliations:

  • Science & Technology Research Institute (STRI), University of Hertfordshire, Herts, UK AL10 9AB;Istituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade De Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal 3810193;Science and Technology Research Institute, University of Hertfordshire, Herts, UK AL10 9AB;The Royal Institute of Technology KTH, The School of Information and Communication Technology, Kista, Sweden 164 40;Dipartimento di Ingegneria Elettronica, Università di Roma "Tor Vergata", Rome, Italy 00133;TU Graz, Technical University of Graz, Graz, Austria 8010;Telecom ParisTech (ENST), Computer Science and Networks, Paris, France 75013;TU Graz, Technical University of Graz, Graz, Austria 8010;Istituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade De Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal 3810193;TU Graz, Technical University of Graz, Graz, Austria 8010;Science & Technology Research Institute (STRI), University of Hertfordshire, Herts, UK AL10 9AB;Istituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade De Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal 3810193;Science and Technology Research Institute, University of Hertfordshire, Herts, UK AL10 9AB;Istituto de Telecomunicações, Universidade De Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal 3810193;National Institute of Telecommunications, Transmission and Optical Technologies, Warsaw, Poland 04894;Science & Technology Research Institute (STRI), University of Hertfordshire, Herts, UK AL10 9AB

  • Venue:
  • Towards Digital Optical Networks
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This chapter reviews the current developments in access network architectures and protocols to communicate dynamically the emerging broadband services to end-users at low cost. Following a summary of Gigabit Ethernet and Passive Optical Network (PON) standards and deployment issues with reference to Ethernet (EPON) and Gigabit-capable PON (GPON) infrastructures, an original transparent network architecture is presented to allow interoperability of time division multiplexing (TDM) and wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) PONs, by means of coarse routing. To provide flexible connectivity at extended service reach hybrid wireless and free space optic technologies have been investigated to terminate mobile end users to high bandwidth PON terminals. To demonstrate independent bandwidth management of the constituent sectors of such architectures developed dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) algorithms are summarised followed by an original control plane to coordinate the various mandatory access control (MAC) protocols. Finally, to provide reliable service delivery several protection schemes have been analysed.