Long-reach optical access networks: A survey of research challenges, demonstrations, and bandwidth assignment mechanisms

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 112-123

  Song, Huan ^a   Kim, Byoung Whi ^b   Mukherjee, Biswanath ^a  

^a University of California Davis   (United States)

^b Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Access network; Demonstration; Dynamic bandwidth allocation; Long Reach PON; Optical amplifier

Indexed keywords

ACCESS NETWORK; BANDWIDTH ASSIGNMENTS; BROADBAND ACCESS; BUSINESS PERSPECTIVE; CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT; DYNAMIC BANDWIDTH ALLOCATION; EVOLUTIONARY PATH; HIGH BANDWIDTH; HIGH TRANSMISSION RATE; IN-NETWORK; LARGE POWER; LOW COSTS; NETWORK OPERATOR; OPERATIONAL EXPENDITURES; OPTICAL ACCESS; OPTICAL ACCESS NETWORKS; OPTICAL AMPLIFIER; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL SOURCE; PHYSICAL LAYERS; PHYSICAL PROTECTION; RESEARCH CHALLENGES; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; TOPOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; UPPER LAYER;

BANDWIDTH; DEMONSTRATIONS; DYNAMICS; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL OPERATORS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PASSIVE NETWORKS; RESEARCH; STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

LIGHT TRANSMISSION;

EID: 77249115682     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2010.020110.00040     Document Type: Article

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