Passive optical networks are a prominent broadband access solution to tackle the “last mile” bottleneck in telecommunications infrastructure. Data transmission over standardiz...
—Virtualization offers the potential for cost-effective service provisioning. For service providers who make significant investments in new virtualized data centers in support of...
Abstract. We propose a framework for managing resources via convergent operators. Operators represent their need for a resource to a designated resource closure operator that manag...
—At present there is a strong worldwide push toward bringing fiber closer to individual homes and businesses. Another evolutionary step is the cost-effective all-optical integra...
Lehan Meng, Chadi Assi, Martin Maier, Ahmad R. Dha...