The performance evaluation of video transport mechanisms becomes increasingly important
as encoded video accounts for growing portions of the network traffic. Compared to the …

Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) network, as an integration of optical fiber network and wireless access
network, has attracted intensive research interest and enjoyed significant growth in its …

The combination of the most prestigious optical and wireless technologies for implementing
a modern broadband integrated access network has been progressively gaining ground. By …

Energy usage in our networks is increasing rapidly; and to conserve energy, progress has
been made in designing energy-efficient passive optical networks, which are being widely …

Video encoding for multimedia services over communication networks has significantly
advanced in recent years with the development of the highly efficient and flexible H …

Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) broadband access network is a promising “last mile” access
technology, because it integrates wireless and optical access technologies in terms of their …

As an integration of optical fiber networks and LTE-A heterogeneous networks (HetNets),
fiber-wireless (FiWi) enhanced LTE-A HetNets will play a key role in supporting large-scale …

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 …

Telecommunication networks call for novel energy-efficient design and management
schemes as a result of the increasing contribution of the ICT sector to electricity consumption …

In this editorial, we first set the context for the subject matter of this special issue on passive
optical network (PON) supported networking. This context includes a discussion of optical …