@inbook{59c42ec8507d44bc84538e3267dfc014,
title = "Towards the distributed core for ubiquitous superfast broadband optical access",
abstract = "In this paper, we describe recent architectural and technological advances of the end to end optical network architecture proposed by the DISCUS project (the DIStributed Core for unlimited bandwidth supply for all Users and Services). The two main targets of DISCUS are the principle of equivalence in the access and the reduction of optical-to-electronic conversions in the metro-core network. Technological advances and techno-economic evaluation of Long-Reach Passive Optical Networks (LR-PON), as well as the optimal metro-core node architecture and the required network control plane framework are reported. Network infrastructure sharing challenges are also discussed.",
keywords = "Long-Reach, Optical Network, Passive Optical network",
author = "\{Di Giglio\}, A. and M. Schiano and M. Ruffini and D. Payne and N. Doran and M. Achouche and R. Jensen and B. O'Sullivan and T. Pfeiffer and R. Bonk and H. Rohde and G. Talli and X. Yin and R. Wessaly and L. Wosinska and J. Montalvo",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1109/EuCNC.2014.6882693",
language = "English",
isbn = "9781479952809",
series = "EuCNC 2014 - European Conference on Networks and Communications",
publisher = "IEEE Computer Society",
booktitle = "EuCNC 2014 - European Conference on Networks and Communications",
address = "United States",
note = "2014 European Conference on Networks and Communications, EuCNC 2014 ; Conference date: 23-06-2014 Through 26-06-2014",
}