In this paper we study the cost-optimal deployment of optical access networks considering
variants of the problem such as fiber to the home (FTTH), fiber to the building (FTTB), fiber to …

The deployment of small cells has been identified as one of the future-proof solutions to
cope with the increasing demand for higher data rate and ubiquitous access in mobile …

Dense deployment of small cells would be required to provide for high capacity and
universal access to future fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks. However, this would require …

Passive optical networks (PONs) are an important and interesting technology for broadband
access as a result of the growing demand for bandwidth over the past 10 years. An arduous …

We evaluate and compare the power consumption and the number of required slots
(footprint) of fixed and flexible transport nodes. The node architecture is assumed to …

Optimization of Fiber To The Home networks is a challenging issue for telecommunications
operators. This work focuses on the cables network design problem, taking into account …

Deploying FTTH in rural areas is not trivial due to high initial capital expenditures, which are
caused by low density of end-users and lack of telecommunication infrastructure in rural …

Protection to optical network units (ONUs) against failure of their distribution fibers (DFs) in a
long-reach passive optical network (LR-PON) is highly desirable to provide uninterrupted …

The next-generation passive optical networks (NG-PONs) are expected to offer very high
data rate to large number of users. Long-reach passive optical network (LR-PON) is …

Toward greenfield time and wavelength division multiplexed passive optical network (TWDM-
PON) deployment in access segment, optimal network planning, and resource provisioning …