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 …

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 …

Today's access networks are in high demand to fulfill the high bandwidth requirement
because of extensive improvement in high transmission rate applications for cloud …

Time and wavelength division multiplexing passive optical network (TWDM‐PON) is
adopted across the globe and is considered as the most remarkable trend of the next …

In this paper we propose an optimization framework for multiple deployment of PON in a
wide region with very large number of users, with different bit rate demands, serviced by …

We review current silicon photonic devices and their performance in connection with energy
consumption. Four critical issues are identified to lower energy consumption in devices and …

Integrated fiber-wireless (FiWi) access networks aim at taking full advantage of the reliability
and high capacity of the optical backhaul along with the flexibility, ubiquity, and cost savings …

The continuously increasing consumption of power to access the Internet has been a major
concern for network operators and equipment vendors. Passive optical network (PON) …

Energy consumption of large-scale networks has become a primary concern in a society
increasingly dependent on information technology. Novel solutions that contribute to …

To cope with the unprecedented acceleration of machine-to-machine (M2M) services over
cellular networks, this paper envisions a highly converged network architecture based on …