New architecture for optical fiber networks proposed
Thursday, February 24, 2011 - 11:30
in Mathematics & Economics
The household demand for increased internet bandwidth has grown tremendously because of the popularity of data-intensive internet activities such as movie streaming. Conventional copper telephone lines struggle to meet this demand, and modern optical fiber networks connecting the homes of consumers to the network backbone are becoming necessary. Jing Zhang and co-workers at the ASTAR Institute of Microelectronics have now demonstrated a network scheme that considerably reduces the cost of fiber-optic installations and could make them more attractive for consumer use.
