Hybrid fiber-wireless (FiWi) access networks aim at combining the huge amount of available
bandwidth of optical networks and the ubiquity and mobility of wireless access networks with …

The bandwidth demand of telecommunication network is growing rapidly due to the
increasing number of technology-intelligent end-users. The emerging optical and wireless …

Passive optical networks (PONs) are currently evolving into next-generation PONs (NG-
PONs) which aim at achieving higher data rates, wavelength channel counts, number of …

Gigabit-class passive optical networks have been standardized and are now being
deployed. This article presents possible migration scenarios toward the next-generation …

Passive optical networks (PONs) have been widely used in access networks and are today
the access technology of choice for operators, especially when they need to build new …

The evolution toward grid and cloud computing as observed for over a decennium illustrates
the crucial role played by (optical) networks in supporting today's applications. In this paper …

Fiber to the home is the future-proof technology for broadband access networks. Several
fiber access network architectures have been developed (eg, point-to-point, active optical …

The ever-increasing demand for capacity and quality in wireless communication links has
continued to inspire researchers to innovate new design methodologies and concepts over …

Fiber has been envisioned for delivering broadband services to the residential customer for
over 30 years, yet it has only recently entered the mainstream. Currently, fiber-to-the-home …

Telecommunications companies are constantly chasing continuous technological advances
with their management methods of Operations & Maintenance (O&M) that still struggle to …