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 …

We introduce a flexible, software-defined real-time multi-modulation format receiver
implemented on an off-the-shelf general-purpose graphics processing unit (GPU). The …

Network requirements continue to expand, and flexible network deployment by utilizing
software defined networks (SDNs) and network function virtualization (NFV) technology is a …

The new 5G service requirements will force operators to rethink the deployment of
infrastructure and management tools. The reuse of passive optical network (PON) …

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) …

We present a unique carrier phase recovery algorithm which permits the softwarization of
optical coherent receiver digital signal processing (DSP). The proposed algorithm with …

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

Demonstration of Industrial Network Applications by PHY Softwarization for Fully Virtualized
Access Networks Page 1 Demonstration of Industrial Network Applications by PHY …

Real-time 10,000 km transmission over a straight-line link is achieved using a software-
defined multi-modulation format receiver implemented on a commercial off-the-shelf general …