Abstract Passive Optical Networks (PON) are promising as a transport network technology
due to the high network capacity, long reach and strong QoS support in the latest PON …

With the rapid growth of new broadband services and traffic flows, Passive Optical Network
(PON) is facing the challenge of bandwidth crunch and energy consumption. There are a …

The Internet of Things (IoT) is an essential component of emerging network applications like
smart cities, where billions of IoT devices are connected to transport massive network traffic …

In the context of 5G and beyond era, the use of Time Division Multiplexed Passive Optical
Network (TDM-PON) for mobile fronthaul (MFH) in centralized/cloud radio access network …

This work discusses the availability of cache memories for VoD service in Time and
Wavelength Division Multiplexed Passive Optical Network (TWDM PON) ring topology. In a …

The Passive Optical Network (PON) has been evolving continuously in terms of architecture
and capacity to keep up with the demand for high-speed Internet access in the access …

In this paper, we present a novel QoE-aware SDN/NFV system by utilizing and integrating
Multi-path TCP (MPTCP) and Segment Routing (SR) paradigms. We propose a QoE-based …

Passive Optical Network (PON) is a cost-effective way to become the front haul carrier for 5G
ubiquitous wireless access connectivity. To hide the difference of frame formats and …

Converged Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) broadband access network proves to be a promising
candidate that is reliable, robust, cost efficient, ubiquitous and capable of providing huge …

The continuously increasing bandwidth demand of information and communication
technology (ICT) is leading a rapid evolution towards next generation passive optical …