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

Driven by emerging bandwidth-hungry applications, next generation passive optical
networks (NG-PONs) provide higher bandwidth to users by using more wavelengths and …

Several dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) algorithms have been proposed for long-reach
passive optical networks (LR-PONs). The gains in the current protocols, however, are …

This paper presents a realistic description on various Passive optical network (PON)
technologies. A brief comparison between salient features of different PON technologies is …

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

Abstract Cyclic Sleep Mode (CSM) is a widely studied and standard energy conservation
technique for Passive Optical Networks (PONs). The energy savings provided by CSM …

A variety of dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) algorithms have been proposed to foster
the performance of Ethernet passive optical networks (EPONs). These DBA algorithms use …

Passive optical network (PON) technologies have become an important broadband access
technology as a result of the growing demand for bandwidth-hungry video-on-demand …

Time and wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network (TWDM-PON) standards
dramatically increase the performance of PON systems and address ever-increasing …

With the expansion of services offered over the Internet, the “last mile” bottleneck problems
continue to exacerbate. A passive optical network (PON) is a technology viewed by many as …