Next-generation FTTH passive optical networks: Research towards unlimited bandwidth access

Next-Generation FTTH Passive Optical Networks: Research Towards Unlimited Bandwidth Access

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-187

  Prat, Josep ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-8470-6     Document Type: Book

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