Passive optical networks (PONs) are a preferred technology for implementing fiber-to-the-
home networks. Though PONs minimize power consumption compared to digital subscriber …

Even if Passive Optical Networks (PONs) have proven to be more energy-efficient that other
access solutions, energy consumption minimization is becoming an important research …

One of the main challenges of Passive Optical Networks (PONs) is the resource (bandwidth
and wavelength) management. Since it has been shown that access networks consume a …

Energy efficiency has become an increasingly important aspect of network design, due to
both the increasing operational costs related to energy consumption and the increasing …

Power consumption in current communication networks including the access networks is
increasing rapidly; energy efficiency is therefore one of the key design considerations in the …

This article discusses novel approaches to improve energy efficiency of different optical
access technologies, including time division multiplexing passive optical network (TDM …

An ever-increasing bandwidth demand is the main driver to investigate next-generation
optical access (NGOA) networks. These networks, however, do not only have to comply with …

Passive Optical Network (PON)-based Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) is a promising solution
that can break through the economic barrier of traditional point-to-point solutions. Once …

Next-generation passive optical network (PON) has been considered in the past few years
as a cost-effective broadband access technology. With the ever-increasing power saving …

Reducing power consumption in an access network has become an increasingly imperative
design goal, due to the fact that information and telecommunication technologies contribute …