Towards the distributed core for ubiquitous superfast broadband optical access

A. di Giglio, M. Schiano, M. Ruffini, D. Payne, N. Doran, M. Achouche, R. Jensen, B. O'Sullivan, T. Pfeiffer, R. Bonk, H. Rohde, G. Talli, X. Yin, R. Wessäly, L. Wosinska, J. Montalvo

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe recent architectural and technological advances of the end to end optical network architecture proposed by the DISCUS project (the DIStributed Core for unlimited bandwidth supply for all Users and Services). The two main targets of DISCUS are the principle of equivalence in the access and the reduction of optical-to-electronic conversions in the metro-core network. Technological advances and techno-economic evaluation of Long-Reach Passive Optical Networks (LR-PON), as well as the optimal metro-core node architecture and the required network control plane framework are reported. Network infrastructure sharing challenges are also discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEuCNC : European Conference on Networks and Communications
PublisherIEEE
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)978-1-4799-5280-9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 2014
Event23rd European Conference on Networks and Communications - Bologna, Italy
Duration: 23 Jun 201426 Jun 2014

Conference

Conference23rd European Conference on Networks and Communications
Abbreviated titleEuCNC 2014
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityBologna
Period23/06/1426/06/14

Bibliographical note

Funding: European Union Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under
grant agreement n. 318137 (Collaborative project “DISCUS”.

Keywords

  • Long-Reach
  • Optical Network
  • Passive Optical network

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