Passive Optical Networks (PONs): Past, present, and future

Optical Switching and Networking

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 143-150

  Effenberger, Frank ^a   El Bawab, Tarek S ^b  

^a HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b Jackson State University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

A PON; B PON; E PON; FTTx; G PON; Optical access; Optical network standards; Passive Optical Networks; PON

Indexed keywords

A-PON; B-PON; E-PON; FTTX; G-PON; OPTICAL ACCESS; OPTICAL NETWORK STANDARDS; PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS; PON;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; OPTICAL MATERIALS; STANDARDS;

PASSIVE NETWORKS;

EID: 67650609887     PISSN: 15734277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.osn.2009.02.001     Document Type: Article

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