Multi-thread polling (MTP) with offline scheduling and offline excess bandwidth distribution
has recently been proposed to overcome the long propagation delay of long-reach passive …

A wide array of dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) mechanisms have recently been
proposed for improving bandwidth utilization and reducing idle times and packet delays in …

Wireless and optical networking technologies at the early stages were deployed for different
respective com munication settings. Due to the fact that those technolo gies aim to solve …

Multi-thread polling (MTP) with offline scheduling and offline excess bandwidth distribution
has recently been proposed to overcome the long propagation delay of long-reach passive …

Passive optical network (PON) technology has achieved a greater importance in the optical
communication sector as it reduces the network deployment cost by introducing only passive …

The integration of passive optical networks (PONs) and wireless mesh networks (WMNs)
into Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) networks has recently emerged as a promising strategy for …

Access Networks provide the backbone to the Internet connecting the end-users to the core
network thus forming the most important segment for connectivity. Access Networks have …

A wide array of dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) mechanisms have recently been
proposed for improving bandwidth utilization and reducing idle times and packets delays in …