Fiber-wireless (FiWi) access networks: A survey

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 160-167

  Ghazisaidi, Navid ^a,c   Maier, Martin ^a,d   Assi, Chadi M ^b  

^a Optical Zeitgeist Laboratory

^b Concordia University ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bandwidth; EPON; Fiber optics; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Passive optical networks; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PASSIVE NETWORKS; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SURVEYS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN); WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ACCESS NETWORKS; ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES; EPON; FIBER WIRELESS; HOME NETWORKS; HYBRID FIBERS; INTEGRATION APPROACHES; NETWORK TOPOLOGIES; OPTICAL ACCESS NETWORKS; OPTICAL FIBER NETWORKS; PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS; STATE-OF-THE ARTS; TECHNOLOGICAL CHALLENGES; WI-FI - TECHNOLOGIES; WIMAX NETWORKS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; WIRELESS MESHES; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 62149113265     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2009.4785396     Document Type: Review

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