The continuously increasing consumption of power to access the Internet has been a major
concern for network operators and equipment vendors. Passive optical network (PON) …

This article provides an overview of current efforts in reducing energy consumption in
passive optical access networks. Both ITU-T and IEEE standardized PONs are considered …

Reducing power consumption in access networks has become an increasingly important
design goal due to increased concerns for both global warming and network operation …

Energy usage in our networks is increasing rapidly; and to conserve energy, progress has
been made in designing energy-efficient passive optical networks, which are being widely …

Environmental concerns have motivated network designers to further reduce energy
consumption of access networks. This paper focuses on reducing the energy consumption of …

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 …

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 …

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

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 …

The Passive optical network (PON) has opened new avenues for the provisioning of very
high bandwidths per user through a pure optical fiber based Access Network. However …