TY - JOUR
T1 - The fourth generation broadband concept
AU - Ödling, Per
AU - Magesacher, Thomas
AU - Host, Stefan
AU - Börjesson, Per Ola
AU - Berg, Miguel
AU - Areizaga, Enrique
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - Fixed-broadband access technology is evolving from exclusively copper-based solutions to hybrid fiber-copper architectures. This article presents the expected next step in the evolution of broadband systems, which we call the fourth-generation broadband concept. It identifies a technical, infrastructural, and economical niche and describes how the fiber-access network is extended and forked to feed a last and ultimate generation of DSL systems, shown to have gigabit potential. The underlying infrastructural concept is presented, economic aspects are described and discussed, and achievable data rates are calculated.
AB - Fixed-broadband access technology is evolving from exclusively copper-based solutions to hybrid fiber-copper architectures. This article presents the expected next step in the evolution of broadband systems, which we call the fourth-generation broadband concept. It identifies a technical, infrastructural, and economical niche and describes how the fiber-access network is extended and forked to feed a last and ultimate generation of DSL systems, shown to have gigabit potential. The underlying infrastructural concept is presented, economic aspects are described and discussed, and achievable data rates are calculated.
KW - Broadband communication
KW - Optical fiber cables
KW - Optical fiber communication
KW - Optical fiber devices
KW - Optical fiber networks
KW - Optical fibers
KW - Wires
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=59649126764&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/MCOM.2009.4752678
DO - 10.1109/MCOM.2009.4752678
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:59649126764
SN - 0163-6804
VL - 47
SP - 62
EP - 69
JO - IEEE Communications Magazine
JF - IEEE Communications Magazine
IS - 1
ER -
