International Journal of Computer Applications (0975 – 8887) Volume 98– No.11, July 2014 1 Performance Analysis of ETTH and FTTH In Terms of Cost and Scalability: A Comparative Study carried out on MATLAB Nadia Mustaqim Ansari Department of Telecommunications Mohammad Ali Jinnah University, Karachi ABSTRCT As a new access network to the home, Ethernet to the home (ETTH) and fiber to the home (FTTH) has the newest development of multimedia applications in which the end users require more and more bandwidth capacity. The main focus in this paper is to conduct a comparative study between ETTH and FTTH with the help of two parameters, these parameters are critically evaluate to find which technology is most suitable in terms of guided media. Therefore a modeled ETTH and FTTH based networks are deployed over MATLAB for acquiring the desired results through simulation to prove the hypothesis which is provide by the author. In future there is a vast ground for these technologies. The immediate future work is to analyze further parameters like downstream bit rate, upstream bit rate, generated traffic and number of ONUs which can be compared to judge the dominancy then to create a design at metropolitan level and carry out a testing phase as an expansion to the current scenario. Keywords ETTH, FTTH, MATLAB, cost, scalability. 1. INTRODUCTION As a new access network to the home Ethernet to the home (ETTH) and fiber to the home (FTTH) has the newest development of multimedia applications like video on demand, fast Internet access, television and voice over IP, in which the end users require more and more bandwidth capacity. Ethernet standard is mostly used and installed in local area network (LAN). Particularly IEEE 802.3 standard used for ETTH is also known as EFM may install copper wire or fiber optic cables with active or passive networks.EP2P used in active environment and EPON create passive environment. Most enterprises use common Ethernet in their local area networks (LANs) even run storage area networks and several other applications on top of it. This attractiveness of Ethernet in corporate networks and home has led to extraordinary production of related components of Ethernet, causing in very low production costs. Furthermore Ethernet standardization has permanently been able to increase broadcast speeds when modern interfaces have become so much slow to provide accommodations all required trace. This grasps true even nowadays when Gigabit Ethernet has developed a standard domestic item. Because merging network technologies has the potential to cut down costs, enterprises are increasingly requiring much more Ethernet based site connectivity FTTH is a pure fiber installation, in this network central office directly connect with the optical fiber to subscriber home. GPON is most promising implementation of FTTH by authorized telecom operators. The traditional access network infrastructures, specifically the coaxial cable CATV networks and twisted pair telephony networks, are having a tough time to continue with t h e s e t r a f f i c demands. After successful the core and metropolitan network systems, fiber is now penetrating into the access domain. Its huge bandwidth and low loss allow the transfer of any current and predictable set of broadband services, and also mark it a fine match to the wireless link to the customer. The key issue for the network is cost effectiveness, and will be crucial to choose network topology. FTTH is a technological tool where in a single optic fiber provides connectivity from the service provider of a network service provider to the customer’s home. The tool of technology is also recognized at times as FTTx in which the meaning is broader and covers apartment buildings, offices, different communities, and various other structures. This tool of technology has already been certified by ITU-T as GPON and IEEE as GEPON. The ITU-T technology is known and IEEE as GE-PON. An FTTH network uses optical fiber between central offices i.e. the Optical Line Terminal (OLT) all the way to the customer’s home with optical network terminal (ONT). The purpose of this thesis is to conduct a comparative study between ETTH and FTTH. The following parameters will be critically evaluated to find which technology is most suitable in terms of guided media. Make comparison on the basis of following parameters of ETTH and FTTH technologies, will identify which is the most recommended technology for providing above mentioned services:  Cost  Scalability The comparative study will then be used to identify weather ETTH or FTTH will be a better solution as access network to the home. 2. ETHERNET TO THE HOME Ethernet is the most widely-installed local area network (LAN) technology. Specified in a standard, IEEE 802.3 ETTH (Ethernet to the home), also referred to as EFM (Ethernet in the first mile) may employ copper wire or fiber optic cables with either active (EP2P; Ethernet point to point protocol) or passive (EPON; Ethernet passive optical network). As the quality of the optical fiber was going to betterment, effective transmitters and receivers performed; it seemed possible to build an access network that would be based on the Passive Optical Technology [1].