Design and cost performance of WDM pons for multi-wavelength users [Elektronische Ressource] / von Jürgen Schussmann

DESIGN AND COST PERFORMANCE OF WDM PONs FOR MULTI-WAVELENGTH USERS Dissertation zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades Doktoringenieur (Dr.-Ing.) vorgelegt der Fakultät für Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik der Technischen Universität Ilmenau von Dipl.-Ing. (FH) Jürgen Schussmann geboren am 01.09.1970 in Klagenfurt vorgelegt am 28. April 2008 Gutachter: 1. Univ.-Prof. Dr. rer. nat. habil. Jochen Seitz 2. Dr.-Ing. Werner Horn 3. FH-Prof. Dr. Dipl.-Ing. Thomas Schirl Verteidigung am 15. September 2008 Verf.-Nr.: EI urn:nbn:de:gbv:ilm1-2008000161 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents Preface ........................................................................................................................ 1 Acknowledgments ........................................................................................................ 2 1 Introduction .......... 3 1.1 Problems in Access Networks .............. 6 1.1.1 Bitrate requirements ...................................................................................... 6 1.1.2 Bitrate Limitation .......................... 8 1.1.3 Current Technologies in Access Networks.................... 11 1.2 Organization of this Work ................. 13 2 Overview on Optical Access Networks ................................................................... 15 2.1 Classification of Optical Access Networks .......................... 15 2.2 SDM .............