Broadband Access Networks: Technologies and Deployments

Front Matter....Pages i-xviii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The Anatomy of an Access Network....Pages 3-12
Drivers for Broadband in Europe....Pages 13-35
Enabling Techniques for Broadband Access Networks....Pages 37-62
Front Matter....Pages 63-63
Vectored DSLs and the Copper PON (CuPON)....Pages 65-79
Enabling Broadband Wireless Technologies....Pages 81-116
WiMAX Networks....Pages 117-148
Front Matter....Pages 149-149
Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for Ethernet Passive Optical Networks....Pages 151-167
Quality of Service in Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs)....Pages 169-196
MultiChannel EPONs....Pages 197-217
Long-Reach Optical Access....Pages 1-17
Optical Access-Metro Networks....Pages 237-259
Signal Processing Techniques for Data Confidentiality in OCDMA Access Networks....Pages 261-280
Front Matter....Pages 281-281
Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) Networks....Pages 283-300
Integration of EPON and WiMAX....Pages 301-320
Hybrid Wireless-Optical Broadband Access Network (WOBAN)....Pages 321-336
Front Matter....Pages 337-337
Point-to-Point FTTx....Pages 339-351
Broadband Access Networks....Pages 353-372
Back Matter....Pages 1-6