Towards medium transparent MAC protocols for cloud-RAN mm-wave communications over next-generation optical wireless networks

International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kalfas, George ^a,b   Tsiokos, Dimitris ^b   Pleros, Nikos ^c   Verikoukis, Christos ^d   Maier, Martin ^e  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

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

^e INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cloud RAN; Fiber Wireless; Medium Transparent MAC; Next Generation PONs; WDM PONs

Indexed keywords

CLOUD-RAN; FIBER-WIRELESS; MEDIUM-TRANSPARENT MAC; NEXT GENERATION PONS; WDM-PONS;

MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MILLIMETER WAVES; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TRANSPARENT OPTICAL NETWORKS;

PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84885217717     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21627339     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICTON.2013.6602741     Document Type: Conference Paper

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