As the future of networking dives into a new era of connecting every single physical device
into the internet termed Internet of Things (loT), this significantly means a rapid increase in …

Flexible joint all photonic and wireless transport networks are a promising backbone
network technological solution to accommodate the various dynamic bandwidth natured …

The 5th generation of mobile communication system (5G) is expected to change the
communication landscape by 2020. 5G will provide a unified platform for connecting billions …

In this paper, we investigate mechanisms for improving the quality of communications in
wireless-optical broadband access networks (WOBAN), which present a promising solution …

Driven by the increasing use of emerging smart mobile applications, mobile technology is
continuously and rapidly advancing towards the next generation communication systems …

The growing customer demands for bandwidth-intensive services are accelerating the need
to design an efficient" last mile" access network in a cost-effective manner. Traditional" Quad …

Next-generation optical transport networks will include multiple domains with diverse
technologies, protocols, granularities, and carriers. In such networks, the problem of routing …

Hybrid wireless-optical broadband access network (WOBAN) optimizes the cost and
performance of an access network. A cost-effective way of increasing the capacity of the …

In this work we propose a new unified PON-RAN architecture for LTE mobile backhaul
networks, employing ring-based WDM PONs. The proposed architecture supports dynamic …

The future of broadband access networks depends significantly on today's demand of high-
bandwidth and cost-effective technology to support emerging services. It is well known that …