This paper describes sleep and adaptive link rate (ALR) control functions to reduce the
power consumption of optical network units (ONUs) in 10? Gb∕ s Ethernet passive optical …

This paper proposes a novel power-saving mechanism for the 10 Gbit/s Ethernet passive
optical network (10G-EPON) systems that are currently being discussed in IEEE 802.3 av …

This paper proposes a power saving mechanism with variable sleep period to reduce the
power consumed by optical network units (ONUs) in passive optical network (PON) systems …

Owing to environmental concerns, reducing energy consumption of optical access networks
has become an important problem for network designers. This paper focuses on reducing …

In the past few years, Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs) have rapidly gained large
popularity in broadband access networks. However the current standard has no …

As concerns about energy consumption grow, the power consumption of the EPON
becomes a matter of increasing importance. In respect of energy efficiency, the current …

The Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) is an emerging technology for the next-
generation broadband access networks and is considered an up-to-date candidate network …

To rapidly meet increasing traffic demands from subscribers, the IEEE 802.3 av task force
was charged to study the 10G-EPON system to increase the data rate to 10 times the line …

Passive Optical Networks (PONs) are widely adopted as the last-mile technology due to the
large bandwidth capacity it provides to end users. In addition, PON is viewed as a green …

Next-generation Ethernet passive optical networks (NG-EPON) allow optical network unit
(ONU) transmission scheduling concurrently on multiple wavelengths. This increases the …