{"title":"Business modernization opportunities with optical network units","authors":"T. Holowatyj, S. Elhage, G. Marois","doi":"10.1109/OHAN.1993.587727","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OHAN.1993.587727","url":null,"abstract":"Canadian network operators are continuously evolving their telecommunication networks. To meet customer service objectives and to minimize operations, administration, maintenance and provisioning (OAM&P) expenses, a focused technology deployment strategy is necessary. Optical network unit (ONU) deployment to better meet service requirements and business customer needs is discussed. Modernizing the access network can be performed through one of the pre-defined ONU technology deployment alternatives. Each of these deployment plans have their merits relative to the economics and the OAM&P savings. A prioritization process is mandatory in order to optimize network deployment plans and investments. The utility of utilizing ONUs for business modernization is demonstrated. There are opportunities in small, medium, and even large business applications.","PeriodicalId":104930,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 5th Conference on Optical Hybrid Access Networks","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115593776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
G. Lafrance, Y. Painchaud, F. Tourkhani, M. Duguay, H. Le-Huy, F. Ouellette, P. Viarouge, B. Jean
{"title":"Simulation of distributed photovoltaic system for optical communications","authors":"G. Lafrance, Y. Painchaud, F. Tourkhani, M. Duguay, H. Le-Huy, F. Ouellette, P. Viarouge, B. Jean","doi":"10.1109/OHAN.1993.587752","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OHAN.1993.587752","url":null,"abstract":"With the planned expansion of optical communications to homes and businesses, there arises the need to generate electricity locally because the telephone central office cannot send current over entirely dielectric fiber optics cables. It is proposed to place photovoltaic panels and batteries in telephone optical network units (ONUs) in the users' vicinity in order to power optoelectronic systems autonomously. The development of a software tool which simulates the operation of this system is described.","PeriodicalId":104930,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 5th Conference on Optical Hybrid Access Networks","volume":"41 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126540536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Single mode 1 /spl times/ 8 fused couplers","authors":"S. Yodo, A. Hasemi, M. Shimizu","doi":"10.1109/OHAN.1993.587731","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OHAN.1993.587731","url":null,"abstract":"The 1 /spl times/ 8 optical star coupler for single mode fiber (SMF) is reported. Using seven 2 /spl times/ 2 fused couplers, a 1 /spl times/ 8 optical star coupler is developed. The characteristics and the reliability test results of this star coupler are reported. Before fabricating the 1 /spl times/ 8 star coupler, total insertion loss and loss uniformity are estimated, and seven 2 /spl times/ 2 fused couplers are selected. A high performance 1 /spl times/ 8 star coupler is achieved based on this estimation. Evaluated environmental temperature cycling, humidity resistance, thermal aging, water immersion, and vibration are evaluated. Throughout these tests, insertion loss change is less than 0.3 dB.","PeriodicalId":104930,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 5th Conference on Optical Hybrid Access Networks","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129829892","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evolution scenario towards ATM integrated services based on PDS architecture","authors":"K. Sano, M. Matsuura, H. Ogawa","doi":"10.1109/OHAN.1993.588646","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OHAN.1993.588646","url":null,"abstract":"In order to cut the channel-capacity-terminal chain in current synchronous transfer mode (STM) subscriber loops and to reduce initial costs for broadband services distributed over a wide area, it is necessary to construct an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) platform based on passive double star (PDS) architecture. An evolution scenario towards ATM-PDS services integrated subscriber loops during the transition from POTS (plain old telephone service) or N-ISDN to B-ISDN is presented.","PeriodicalId":104930,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 5th Conference on Optical Hybrid Access Networks","volume":"58 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133263975","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"How can service providers future-proof themselves against competition in the local loop?","authors":"S. Babaie","doi":"10.1109/OHAN.1993.587750","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OHAN.1993.587750","url":null,"abstract":"The competitive nature of the local loop is examined. Given the convergence of services, the access network must be designed to serve all subscribers with all types of services utilizing all available distribution media. A flexible architecture for platforms deployed in the local loop will be paramount in allowing a service provider to deal with such diversities. The distributed bandwidth architecture proposed offers a future-proof solution that leaves the door open for new services and distribution media as the access network needs mandate.","PeriodicalId":104930,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 5th Conference on Optical Hybrid Access Networks","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133707361","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Comparisons of fiber-to-the-curb upgrade alternatives for multichannel digital video","authors":"K. Lu, T. Chapuran, S. Wagner","doi":"10.1109/OHAN.1993.588650","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OHAN.1993.588650","url":null,"abstract":"Key technical and economic factors involved in transporting voice and video services over hybrid fiber/coax distribution networks are examined. Two upgrade architectures for providing multichannel digital video services as an overlay in a narrowband fiber-to-the-curb (FTTC) system with eight living units (LUs) per optical network unit (ONU) are investigated. The upgrade provides video subscribers with access to switched channels and to a menu of 140 multicast or broadcast channels, all digitally compressed to 4 Mb/s per channel. One of the upgrade architectures transports video channels in asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) cells using a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) overlay from the host digital terminal (HDT) to upgraded ONUs, with coaxial drops to set-top converters at the customer premises. The alternative architecture uses subcarrier multiplexing (SCM) technqiues to transport video channels in 16-quadrature AM (QAM) format to video ONUs (V-ONUs) each serving 64 LUs through a coax-bus distribution.","PeriodicalId":104930,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 5th Conference on Optical Hybrid Access Networks","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116615324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A standardised approach to OAM&P in fibre access networks","authors":"P. Adams, S. James, G. Thomas","doi":"10.1109/OHAN.1993.587761","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OHAN.1993.587761","url":null,"abstract":"The successful widespread introduction of fiber access networks will depend critically on the approach taken to the operation, administration, maintenance and provisioning (OAM&P) activities. The functionality of the equipment, the network management systems, tools and the training of the field personnel, all of which are linked by processes, organization and communications must be designed as a coherent whole, optimized to minimize whole-life costs. A standardized approach is described that takes advantage of the particular capabilities of the equipment, computing systems and human resources to achieve this end.","PeriodicalId":104930,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 5th Conference on Optical Hybrid Access Networks","volume":"7 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129943356","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
A. Zaganiaris, M. Tahkokorpi, M. Drieskens, J. van Hoecke, B. T. Olsen, S. Markatos, M. de Bortoli
{"title":"Life cycle costs and economical budget of optical and hybrid access networks","authors":"A. Zaganiaris, M. Tahkokorpi, M. Drieskens, J. van Hoecke, B. T. Olsen, S. Markatos, M. de Bortoli","doi":"10.1109/OHAN.1993.588649","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OHAN.1993.588649","url":null,"abstract":"A methodology for the assessment of optical access networks for the residential and small business user is presented. Its objective is the calculation of the overall financial budget of any kind of access system and includes the discount system cost, operation, maintenance and powering costs, life cycle costs and the cash balance of the project. This enables the comparison of various optical or hybrid architectures through a global systems assessment and contributes to the identification of minimum-risk introduction strategies. The methodology and the tool developed are being validated by comparison to operating European networks and field trials.","PeriodicalId":104930,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 5th Conference on Optical Hybrid Access Networks","volume":"11 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123042048","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From ISDN to ATM: fibre in the loop, an evolving scenario","authors":"J. Abiven, F. Bourgart, Y. Le Goff","doi":"10.1109/OHAN.1993.587767","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OHAN.1993.587767","url":null,"abstract":"Compatibility between several different optical transmission techniques is revealed, provided that the frame structure and system equipment are specified according to various organizational constraints. Standardization can proceed without reference to the time compression multiplex (TCM). Similarly, by judiciously organizing exchange equipment (OLT) and user equipment (ONU) functions, network interfaces and optical transmission can evolve separately and broadband services can be accommodated progressively. The multispeed frame principle remains the cornerstone of the system given its suitability for matching equipment to applications and to different categories of user. It is also a good basis for future standardization in that it affords a high degree of openness in the definition of specifications. Economic parity of the optical systems in fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) distribution is contingent on the development of new and integrated optical components.","PeriodicalId":104930,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 5th Conference on Optical Hybrid Access Networks","volume":"3 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117120654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An implementation of the optical subscriber system with passive double star (PDS)","authors":"T. Yoshino, S. Unagami, T. Fukugawara, A. Okamoto","doi":"10.1109/OHAN.1993.587697","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/OHAN.1993.587697","url":null,"abstract":"The single fiber passive double star (PDS) is a scheme for introducing fiber systems to subscriber areas. To compete with the cost of copper based systems. TCM (time compression multiplexing) seems to be the answer. The authors' PDS system usign TCM offers narrowband services with an average bit rate of 768 kbps to 16 customers. Analog and logic LSIs and optoelectronics have been developed. Their system can support simultaneous narrowband interactive services and video distribution by wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) using silica waveguides. An optical network unit (ONU) located in a subscriber premise which fits the optical receiver and circuitry into only 300 cc has been developed.","PeriodicalId":104930,"journal":{"name":"Proceedings of 5th Conference on Optical Hybrid Access Networks","volume":"114 3","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1993-09-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120905306","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}