Advanced Technologies for Service-Integrated Optical In-Building Networks

Abstract

Optical fibre is marching fast towards the user's doorstep, as witnessed by the many new Fibre-To-The-Home installations. The next challenge is to disclose the power of optical communication inside the home, so to bring the full broadband potential to the end user. The presentation will describe the latest advances in our research into low-cost in-home techniques, encompassing techniques for service integration, for high-speed data transfer over highly dispersive polymer optical fibre, and for dynamically providing high-capacity wireless services over fibre.