The current challenge for the physical layer of next generation optical access network based
on PON architectures is to increase the capacity above 100 Gbps per wavelength. This …

The capacity of passive optical networks (PONs) is continuously increasing, and it has been
standardized up to 50 Gbit/s. The two main standardization organizations, IEEE and ITU-T …

We present an experimental demonstration and analytical scaling of optically amplified
metro combined with PON access transmission over installed fibers, using coherent …

This paper presents the high-level COCONUT architecture of an optical access network
based on coherent technology, supporting ultra-dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing …

A high-level optical access network based on coherent technology supporting ultra-dense
Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) is developed in the EU FP7 COCONUT project …

The increasing amount of bandwidth requirements and quality of service needs for the next-
generation access networks has boosted extensive research in the fiber-optics …

International standardization bodies (IEEE and ITU-T) working on the evolution of
transmission technologies are still considering traditional direct detection solutions for the …

With the official adoption of the single-wavelength 50G PON standard at the International
Telecommunication Union Study Group 15 (ITU-T SG15) meeting, both industry and …

A novel long-reach passive optical network (PON) architecture based on hybrid dense
wavelength-division multiplexing (DWDM) and time-division multiplexing (TDM) is presented …

A novel access-metro network architecture based on lightpath flows, using coherent
transmissions, supporting numerous passive optical networks (PONs), and integrating …