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

After describing the beginnings and state of the art of integrated fiber‐wireless (FiWi)
broadband access networks in great detail, we briefly review recent progress and point to …

Today's access networks are increasingly shaped by the services that they provide to the
end users. In a hybrid wireless-optical broadband access network (WOBAN), to access any …

Wireless mesh network addresses the last mile issue; however, RF-based technologies are
still a bottleneck for todays' media-rich applications. In this paper, we propose enhancing the …

Hybrid Wireless–Optical Broadband Access Networks (WOBANs) are gauging momentum
as flexible, bandwidth-effective, and cost-effective solutions for providing connectivity to …

Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) networNs are a promising candidate for future broadband access
networNs. These networNs combine the optical networN as the bacN end where different …

RF-based technologies are often used to address the last-mile problem. However, RF
technologies generally create a bottleneck for the ever-increasing demand for bandwidth …

The fiber-wireless (FiWi) access network is a prestigious architecture for next generation
(NG) access network. NG access networks are proposed to provide high data rate …

In recent years, integration of Passive Optical Net-work (PON) and WiMAX (Worldwide
Interoperability Microwave Access Network) network is attracting huge interest among many …

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 …