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A versatile access solution, called the Aline (Access Line), is presented. The system is based on a new concept thatallows provision of Bandwidth-on-Demand as well as traditional Constant-Bit-Rate services and is mainly intendedfor the business area. The Aline aims to promote the penetration of broadband services and the deployment of fibrein the Access area. Scaleability and upgradeability have been carefully addressed to ensure a future-proof solution.At the same time, by supporting different types of traffic and different physical media, this is a flexible solution thatmeets today's mix of traffic needs. Keyword list: Access Network, Optical Network, Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Market Survey,Services Evolution. 1. INTRODUCTIONEmerging telecommunications technologies and broadband multimedia services evolving from the convergence oftelecommunications and computer technologies, are drastically changing the market and the technical challengestoday. The primary market drives for broadband connectivity include the steady move from centralised to client-server computing, the move of applications from primarily text to visual and from stand-alone computer to LAN |
