Media access control for Ethernet passive optical networks: an overview

J Zheng, HT Mouftah - IEEE Communications Magazine, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Medium access control is one of the crucial issues in the design of Ethernet passive optical
networks. To ensure efficient transmission, an EPON system must employ a MAC …

Fifty years of fixed optical networks evolution: a survey of architectural and technological developments in a layered approach

D Uzunidis, M Logothetis, A Stavdas, D Hillerkuss… - Telecom, 2022 - mdpi.com
Over the past fifty years, telecommunications has transformed, in an unprecedented manner,
the way we live, work and communicate. For telecommunications, fixed networks are the one …

A bandwidth guaranteed polling MAC protocol for Ethernet passive optical networks

M Ma, Y Zhu, TH Cheng - … Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While the backbone networks have experienced substantial changes in the last decade; the
access networks have not changed much. Recently, passive optical networks (PONs) seem …

A survey of dynamic bandwidth allocation algorithms for Ethernet Passive Optical Networks

J Zheng, HT Mouftah - Optical Switching and Networking, 2009 - Elsevier
Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON) has been widely considered as a promising
technology for implementing the FTTx solutions to the “last mile” bandwidth bottleneck …

A novel decentralized Ethernet-based PON access architecture for provisioning differentiated QoS

SR Sherif, A Hadjiantonis, G Ellinas… - Journal of lightwave …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To date, the mainstream ethernet passive optical network (EPON) bandwidth allocation
schemes as well as the new IEEE 802.3 ah Ethernet in the first mile Task Force …

The evolution of ethernet passive optical network (EPON) and future trends

F Obite, ET Jaja, G Ijeomah, KI Jahun - Optik, 2018 - Elsevier
The tremendous Internet traffic growth has confirmed that the telecommunications backbone
is moving aggressively from a time division multiplexing (TDM) orientation to a focus on …

On EPON security issues

M Hajduczenia, PRM Inacio… - … Surveys & Tutorials, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We discuss in detail all major security-related issues inherently present in PON systems.
Ethernet PON (EPON) type networks have very specific requirements for data-and system …

Adaptive dynamic bandwidth allocation algorithm with sorting report messages for Ethernet passive optical network

WP Chen, WF Wang, WS Hwang - IET communications, 2010 - IET
Broadband access networks using passive optical network (PON) technology can extend the
transmission distance and increase the transmission capacity of carrier networks. One PON …

Taking turns with adaptive cycle time a decentralized media access scheme for LR-PON

AH Helmy, HA Fathallah - Journal of lightwave technology, 2011 - opg.optica.org
The extended network span of next-generation long-reach passive optical networks (LR-
PONs) results in extremely long propagation delays that severely degrade the performance …

Novel schemes for local area network emulation in passive optical networks with RF subcarrier multiplexed customer traffic

N Nadarajah, M Attygalle, E Wong… - Journal of lightwave …, 2005 - opg.optica.org
This paper proposes two novel optical layer schemes for intercommunication between
customers in a passive optical network (PON). The proposed schemes use radio frequency …