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The increasing demand for broadband services raises the need for a high bandwidth link which should extend from the terminals to the customer’s premises. In-building networks presently are using a wide range of transmission media like coaxial copper cables, twisted copper pair cables, free-space infrared links, wireless local area network (WLAN) links, etc. Each of these networks is optimized for a particular set of services; this complicates the introduction of new services and the creation of links between services (such as between video and data services). A single broadband multi-services network could provide an efficient solution to host and connect all existing and upcoming services together.
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Atef, M., Zimmermann, H. (2013). Introduction. In: Optical Communication over Plastic Optical Fibers. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 172. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-30388-3_1
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