Date: Wednesday 7 April 2005
Time: 14:00 - 15:00
Room: Zi-5126
Title  : Fiber To The Premises (FTTP): Now or Never?
Speaker: Kees van Bochove
Abstract:
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Although the technology of all-fiber access networks is already in place since 15 years, a large scale rollout has not yet taken place. 
Is this situation now changing? An overview of the worldwide activities on FTTP will be given. The critical success factors will be indicated 
(like geographical situation, competition environment, regulatory constraints, role of the governments, business proposition etc). Also the latest 
technological trends will be reviewed (point-point versus Passive Optical Networks, ATM versus EPON/GPON, single-mode fiber versus 
multimode fiber, single wavelength versus WDM). The question of the bandwidth required by the delivered services is also still a point of vivid discussion. 
The information for this colloquium has been gathered during a visit in March 2005 to the west coast of the US, including a visit
to Stanford University and the conference on Optical Fiber Communications in Anaheim (the largest conference in the world about optical communications).