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Assessing Opportunities for Broadband Optical Wireless Local Loops in an Unbundled Access Network

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Optical wireless local loops (OWLL) based on infrared wireless communication links, are class of wireless access networks capable of delivering the type high-bandwidth services that are becoming increasingly popular with business and residential customers. By combining the use of advanced optical transmission techniques with the flexibility of wireless communication, we describe the possibilities that are created by utilizing this technology in the access network. The possible implementation options for deploying OWLL systems and a performance analysis of a typical OWLL link is also presented. Additionally, we provide a comparison with the other wireless access technologies based on attributes that promote the competitiveness of a particular access network technology.

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  1. Communications Laboratory, Helsinki University of Technology, P.O. Box 2300, FIN-02015, Hut, Finland

    Edward Mutafungwa

  2. Global Information and Telecommunications Institute, Waseda University, 55-S-602 3-4-1 Okubu, Shinjuku-ku Tokyo, 163-8555, Japan

    Kamugisha Kazaura

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  1. Department of Computing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

    Hong Va Leong

  2. GTE Laboratories Incorporated, 40 Sylvan Road, Waltham, MA, 02451, USA

    Wang-Chien Lee

  3. Department of Computer Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong, China

    Bo Li  & Li Yin  & 

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Mutafungwa, E., Kazaura, K. (1999). Assessing Opportunities for Broadband Optical Wireless Local Loops in an Unbundled Access Network. In: Leong, H.V., Lee, WC., Li, B., Yin, L. (eds) Mobile Data Access. MDA 1999. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1748. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-46669-X_4

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