Cost evaluation analysis for next generation home network using optical fiber

This paper provides a cost analysis of the next generation home network. Traffic trends indicate that the capacity of current home network systems will not satisfy the data rates expected. Therefore, optical technology will diffuse from FTTH into restricted areas such as the home backbone network. We have already proposed a physical configuration for the home network. This paper uses a realistic physical network configuration to elucidate the most economic combination given three optical transmission media (SMF, MMF, POF) and three topologies (single star, double star, ring).