Passive optical network (PON) supported networking

Optical Switching and Networking

Volumn 14, Issue PART 1, 2014, Pages 1-10

  De Andrade, Marilet ^a   Maier, Martin ^b   McGarry, Michael P ^c   Reisslein, Martin ^d  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE   (Canada)

^c 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

^d Arizona State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Access networks; Energy efficiency; Long reach; Optical networking; Passive optical networks; Smart grid

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PASSIVE NETWORKS; SMART POWER GRIDS;

ACCESS NETWORK; LONG REACH; OPTICAL NETWORKING; PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORK (PON); SMART GRID; SUBJECT MATTERS;

PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84906306787     PISSN: 15734277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.osn.2014.02.001     Document Type: Editorial

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