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Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) Broadband Access Networks in an Age of Convergence : Past, Present, and Future
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Source
Issue
Vol. 2014, Issue 2014 (31 Dec. 2014), pp.1-23, 23 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2014-06-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
23
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
After describing the beginnings and state of the art of integrated fiber-wireless (FiWi) broadband access networks in great detail, we briefly review recent progress and point to various ongoing research activities, including the design of energy-efficient “green” FiWi access networks, advanced survivability techniques, and integration of wireless and fiber optic sensors, towards realizing adaptable, dependable, and ecoconscious future-proof broadband access networks based on both wireless and shared passive fiber media.
Furthermore, we discuss service, application, business, and operation related aspects, which motivate access technology to move into a substantially different direction in the long run than continued capacity provisioning.
Given that most 4G cellular mobile network researches so far have been focusing on the achievable performance gains in the wireless front-end only without looking into the details of backhaul implementations and possible backhaul bottlenecks, we identify open key research challenges for FiWi broadband access networks.
We explore ways of how they can be deployed across relevant economic sectors other than telecommunications per se, taking major paradigm shifts such as the Third Industrial Revolution, Energy Internet, smart grid, and explosion of mobile data traffic in today’s cellular networks into account.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Maier, Martin. 2014. Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) Broadband Access Networks in an Age of Convergence : Past, Present, and Future. Advances in Optics،Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-510288
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Maier, Martin. Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) Broadband Access Networks in an Age of Convergence : Past, Present, and Future. Advances in Optics No. 2014 (2014), pp.1-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-510288
American Medical Association (AMA)
Maier, Martin. Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) Broadband Access Networks in an Age of Convergence : Past, Present, and Future. Advances in Optics. 2014. Vol. 2014, no. 2014, pp.1-23.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-510288
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-510288