Fixed and mobile communications will continue to converge coming years. Amongst other,
this is also a goal of the Next Generation Networking initiative adopted by The International …

In the last few years, optical technology has shown how huge information traffic can be
transmitted over a long distance. This success has permitted the commercialization of …

New Generation Optical Access (NGOA) networks based on Wavelength Divided Multiplex
(WDM) are very new and currently are being developed by various organizations. In this …

After experiencing rapid growth during the late 9Os, the telecom industry in general, and
optical networking in particular, has been experiencing some challenging times over the …

With the tremendous introduction of internet protocol (IP) applications, the quality-of-service
(QoS) becomes more and more an emergent issue. Concrete solutions can be adopted …

The success of optical networking can be enhanced by the properties of fiber to satisfy the
growing demand for bandwidth per user, protocol transparency, higher path reliability, and …

Optical technology is already the dominant carrier of global information. It is also central to
the realisation of future networks which have the capabilities demanded by society. For …

Optical network technologies from access to core for fixed and mobile broadband services
are presented. Network management for multi-layer networks, resource management, and …

In this chapter, we present various opportunities of using optical wireless communication
(OWC) technologies in each sector of optical communication networks. Moreover …

Optical communication networks have played and will continue to play a prominent role in
the development and deployment of network infrastructures. The optical systems and …