Expand this Topic clickable element to expand a topic
Skip to content
Optica Publishing Group
  • Journal of Lightwave Technology
  • Vol. 26,
  • Issue 9,
  • pp. 1093-1103
  • (2008)

Fiber-to-the-Home: 1977–2007

Not Accessible

Your library or personal account may give you access

Abstract

Fiber has been envisioned for delivering broadband services to the residential customer for over 30 years, yet it has only recently entered the mainstream. Currently, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) is being installed in many countries at remarkable rates (even though it still constitutes only a fraction of all broadband lines in most countries). Other lightwave transmission technologies have progressed far faster. What has held FTTH up for so long? What improvements along the way have occurred? What recent changes have made it successful? This article follows the progress in moving fiber toward the home and major architectural changes that have reduced costs while increasing capabilities to meet today's needs.

© 2008 IEEE

PDF Article
More Like This
Game-Theoretic Optimization of a Fiber-to-the-Home Municipality Network Rollout

Koen Casier, Bart Lannoo, Jan Van Ooteghem, Sofie Verbrugge, Didier Colle, Mario Pickavet, and Piet Demeester
J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 1(1) 30-42 (2009)

Passive-Optical-Network- (PON-) Based Converged Access Network [Invited]

Rajesh Yadav
J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 4(11) B124-B130 (2012)

Economics of Time and Wavelength Domain Multiplexed Passive Optical Networks

Theodoros Rokkas, Dimitris Katsianis, Thomas Kamalakis, and Dimitris Varoutas
J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 2(12) 1042-1051 (2010)

Cited By

You do not have subscription access to this journal. Cited by links are available to subscribers only. You may subscribe either as an Optica member, or as an authorized user of your institution.

Contact your librarian or system administrator
or
Login to access Optica Member Subscription

Select as filters


Select Topics Cancel
© Copyright 2024 | Optica Publishing Group. All Rights Reserved