The research initiatives addressed in this thesis are geared towards improving the
performance of passive optical networks (PONs) through the development of advanced …

An advanced medium access control protocol is presented demonstrating dynamic
bandwidth allocation for long-reach gigabit-capable passive optical networks (GPONs). The …

While the backbone networks have experienced substantial changes in the last decade; the
access networks have not changed much. Recently, passive optical networks (PONs) seem …

Passive Optical Networks (PONs) are a promising architecture for providing broadband
access to the end user and XG-PON is the latest ITU-T PON standard, which provides line …

Abstract Passive Optical Networks (PON) have emerged as an important fiber-based access
network alternative to DSL, Cable, and other access networks. Some of the limitations of …

Ethernet passive optical networks (EPONs) technology has emerged as a promising
candidate for next-generation broadband access networks. As this technology evolves, the …

Optical and wireless technology integration has been proposed as one of the most
promising nominees for the next-generation broadband access networks for quite some …

A wide array of dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) mechanisms have recently been
proposed for improving bandwidth utilization and reducing idle times and packet delays in …

Dynamic bandwidth assignment (DBA) schemes for long reach PONs face a suffer from
higher upstream channel idle time due to long round trip time (RTT). In ITU PONs, the DBA …

In a dynamic bandwidth assignment (DBA) scheme for a passive optical networks (PON), a
polling mechanism with higher polling frequency helps OLT to accurately enquire the ONU …