Fiber-wireless (FiWi) access networks: Challenges and opportunities

IEEE Network

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 36-42

  Ghazisaidi, Navid ^a   Maier, Martin ^b,c,d  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCESS NETWORK; AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH; FIBER-WIRELESS; HYBRID FIBER; OPTICAL NETWORKS; WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

ARTS COMPUTING; BANDWIDTH; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 79953771952     PISSN: 08908044     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MNET.2011.5687951     Document Type: Article

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