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 …

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 …

Over the past decade, network operators worldwide have regarded passive optical networks
(PONs) as a successful access network system and the preferred technology for fiber-to-the …

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 …

This paper describes the design and implementation of an OpenFlow software defined
network (SDN) agent that manages and configures 10-gigabit-capable symmetric passive …

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 …

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) …

Optical access networks are replacing dedicated hardware-based architectures with
architectures centered on general-purpose servers based on network function virtualization …

The explosive development of emerging telecommunication services has stimulated a huge
growth in bandwidth demand as people seek universal access to telecommunication …

This study explores the integration of dual-polarized (DP) four-level amplitude shift keying
(4ASK) signals within an intensity and quadrature division multiplexing framework, mainly …