Media Access Control and Resource Allocation For Next Generation Pas

This book focuses on various Passive optical networks (PONs)  types, including currently deployed Ethernet PON (EPON) and Gigabit PON (GPON) as well as next generation WDM PON and OFDM PON. Also this book examines the integrated optical and wireless

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Nirwan Ansari • Jingjing Zhang

Media Access Control and Resource Allocation For Next Generation Passive Optical Networks

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Nirwan Ansari New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ, USA

Jingjing Zhang Arista Networks Santa Clara, CA, USA

ISSN 2191-530X ISSN 2191-5318 (electronic) ISBN 978-1-4614-3938-7 ISBN 978-1-4614-3939-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-3939-4 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012954389 © The Authors 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)

To my wife, Jenny, for her unwavering support. . . Nirwan Ansari

To my parents, brother, and husband for always being there for me. Jingjing Zhang

Foreword

The success of the fiber network deployment in the 1990s fueled the explosive growth of the Internet for two decades. There is an ongoing joke among us the fiber optics researchers that we did such a great job on the research and development of fiber communication and at such a fast pace in the 1980s and 1990s that we finished all that we were expected to do in two decades and we burned ourselves out of a lucrative job market with our successes. That thesis seems to be confirmed by the recent job market in this area and the