Reliability in optical access networks is becoming a crucial issue for both operators and
users due to the enormous increase of capacity and the importance of uninterrupted access …

Telecommunications companies are constantly chasing continuous technological advances
with their management methods of Operations & Maintenance (O&M) that still struggle to …

In this editorial, we first set the context for the subject matter of this special issue on passive
optical network (PON) supported networking. This context includes a discussion of optical …

In light of the 5G deployments, edge computing, and future high bandwidth services, the
industry is rethinking the optical access network architecture design. Passive optical network …

Passive optical networks (PONs) have been widely used in access networks and are today
the access technology of choice for operators, especially when they need to build new …

Current passive optical networks (PONs) utilize a splitter at the remote node (RN) to
distribute signals from a central office (CO) to N subscribing optical network units (ONUs) …

Wider deployment of fiber in the last mile is driven by increased customer needs for
broadband communication services. This deployment requires solutions that reduce …

The mass deployment of fiber access networks is probably the most important network
upgrade strategy for operators over the coming decade. Next-generation networks, and in …

In order to keep pace with increasing Internet traffic, net work operators have widely
deployed optical fibers and opti cal transmission equipment, Substantially increasing the …

We propose a time division multiplexing passive optical network (TDM-PON) monitoring
scheme based on the optical pulse width modulation (OPWM) by using a simple asymmetric …