TY - JOUR
T1 - Evolution of fiber-to-the-curb networks toward broadband capabilities
AU - Menendez, Ron C.
AU - Lu, Kevin W.
AU - Rizzo, Annmarie
AU - Lemberg, Howard L.
PY - 1990
Y1 - 1990
N2 - Proposals for fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) systems have been made in recent years as optical system researchers and telecommunication providers have sought ways to deploy optical technologies close to the home based only on plain-old-telephone service (POTS) revenues. Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) systems, in contrast, offer maximum bandwidth per subscriber, but at significantly greater cost per subscriber today. One issue to explore with FTTC systems is their ability to support future broadband services since FTTC systems do not bring fiber all the way to customer premises. This paper presents an economic and technical analysis of various FTTC upgrade alternatives from a system supporting only POTS to later-generation systems also capable of broadcast video transport.
AB - Proposals for fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) systems have been made in recent years as optical system researchers and telecommunication providers have sought ways to deploy optical technologies close to the home based only on plain-old-telephone service (POTS) revenues. Fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) systems, in contrast, offer maximum bandwidth per subscriber, but at significantly greater cost per subscriber today. One issue to explore with FTTC systems is their ability to support future broadband services since FTTC systems do not bring fiber all the way to customer premises. This paper presents an economic and technical analysis of various FTTC upgrade alternatives from a system supporting only POTS to later-generation systems also capable of broadcast video transport.
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M3 - Conference article
AN - SCOPUS:0025536468
SN - 0277-786X
VL - 1363
SP - 97
EP - 105
JO - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
JF - Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
T2 - Fiber Optics in the Subscriber Loop
Y2 - 19 September 1990 through 20 September 1990
ER -