Virtualized PON based on abstraction, softwarization, and service chaining for flexible and agile service creations

T Suzuki, SY Kim, J Kani, T Yoshida - Journal of Optical …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
The specifications of passive optical network (PON) systems continue to evolve while access
systems need to accommodate an ever-widening variety of new services. To deal with the …

Energy Conservation in Passive Optical Networks: A Tutorial and Survey

SHS Newaz, E Ahvar, MS Ahsan… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
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 …

Optical access solutions in support of 5G and beyond

P Chanclou, G Simon, F Saliou, M Wang… - Journal of Optical …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
This European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC) extended invited paper
reviews existing and coming optical access architectures and technologies for 5G and …

Real-time orchestration of QoS-aware end-to-end slices across a converged Metro and Access network exploiting burst-mode technology

E Kosmatos, C Matrakidis, D Uzunidis… - Journal of Optical …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As we enter the B5G/6G era, the converged Access and Metro segments are facing multi-
faceted challenges including the heterogeneity of technologies, an unprecedented density …

Demonstration of IEEE PON abstraction for SDN enabled broadband access (SEBA)

T Suzuki, Y Koyasako, K Nishimoto, K Asaka… - Journal of Lightwave …, 2021 - opg.optica.org
The passive optical network (PON) is widely deployed in access networks, and various
specifications have become standards designed to meet demands of each market. To …

Low-latency PON PHY implementation on GPUs for fully software-defined access networks

T Suzuki, SY Kim, J Kani, T Yoshida - IEEE Network, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to respond to the increasing diversification of requirements, studies on software-
defined access networks to enhance the flexibility of network systems continues. For fully …

Load adaptive merging algorithm for multi-tenant PON environments

KH Mohammadani, RA Butt, KA Memon… - Optical Switching and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Wavelength division multiplexing\time division multiplexing passive optical network
(WDM/TDM-PON) is the attractive candidate for PON bandwidth sharing among multiple …

Software defined networking agent demonstration to enable configuration and management of XGS-PON architectures

D de Pintos, N Merayo, C Sangrador… - Journal of Optical …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
This paper describes the design and implementation of an OpenFlow software defined
network (SDN) agent that manages and configures 10-gigabit-capable symmetric passive …

Optical access evolutions towards SDN and disaggregated hardware: an operator perspective

G Simon, P Chanclou, M Wang, D Abgrall… - Journal of Optical …, 2022 - opg.optica.org
In this paper, we review recent advances of the optical access network in the path toward
Cloud-computing-related technologies, software defined networking, and network function …

Real-time demonstration of industrial protocol applications by PHY softwarization for fully virtualized access networks

T Suzuki, Y Koyasako, SY Kim, J Kani… - Journal of Optical …, 2023 - opg.optica.org
To realize optical access networks that can flexibly and quickly accommodate a variety of
new services, we need virtualization of the access systems targeting physical-layer (PHY) …