Integrated Wireless-pon access Network Architectures Milos Milosavljevic

Abbreviations 
Integrated Wireless-PON Access Network Architectures
 
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TE 
TM 
TTG 
UHF 
UP 
UWB 
VCSEL 
VoD 
VoIP 
VPI 
VLC 
WDM 
WiFi 
WiMAX 
WMN 
XPM 
Transverse electric 
Transverse magnetic 
Transmit transition gap 
Ultra high frequency 
Upstream 
Ultra-wideband
Vertical cavity surface emitting laser 
Video on demand 
Voice-over-IP 
Virtual photonics Inc. 
Visible light communication 
Wavelength division multiple 
Wireless-fidelity 
Worldwide-interoperability-for microwave-access 
Wireless mesh network 
Cross phase modulation 

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Chapter 1 
Introduction – PON and WiMAX Technologies 
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Introduction – PON and WiMAX Technologies
Contents 
1.1 Network Convergence ........................................................................... 1 
1.2 Service Requirements ............................................................................ 3 
1.3 State-of-the-Art Access Networks ......................................................... 5 
1.4 Deployment of FTTH and WiMAX Solutions Worldwide ................... 7 
1.4.1 FTTH ............................................................................................ 7 
1.4.2 WiMAX ........................................................................................ 9 
1.5 Motivation and Objectives ................................................................... 10 
1.6 Thesis Outline ...................................................................................... 12 
References.................................................................................................. 13
This chapter provides an introduction to the rapidly emerging access network services and 
technologies. It starts with an outline of the escalating bandwidth demand, required to provide 
the current and future online services, subsequently establishing the justification for the 
convergence of passive optical networks (PON) and state-of-the-art wireless access network 
technologies to demonstrate next generation access networks. The introduction concludes with 
the characteristics of PON worldwide deployments and the interoperability of microwave access 
(WiMAX) architectures, offering a broad perspective of the diverse trends owing to the 
different business plans of network operators.