Introduction to the JOCN special issue on future PON architectures enabled by advanced technology

René Bonk, Derek Nesset, Josep Prat, Marco Ruffini, and Roberto Gaudino

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 12(9), FPA1-FPA3 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

DSP enabled next generation 50G TDM-PON

Borui Li, Kuo Zhang, Dechao Zhang, Jiale He, Xiaolong Dong, Qian Liu, and Shengping Li

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 12(9), D1-D8 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Automated provisioning method for a modular PON-OLT device toward Plug & Provision

Keita Nishimoto, Kota Asaka, Jun-ichi Kani, and Jun Terada

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 12(9), D9-D16 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

From 25 Gb/s to 50 Gb/s TDM PON: transceiver architectures, their performance, standardization aspects, and cost modeling

Ed Harstead, Rene Bonk, Sheldon Walklin, Dora van Veen, Vincent Houtsma, Noriaki Kaneda, Amitkumar Mahadevan, and Robert Borkowski

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 12(9), D17-D26 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Flexible coherent UDWDM-PON with dynamic user allocation based on limited-tunability lasers

Josep Segarra, Vicent Sales, Víctor Polo, Jeison Tabares, and Josep Prat

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 12(9), D27-D35 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Comparative study of cost-effective coherent and direct detection schemes for 100 Gb/s/λ PON

Yixiao Zhu, Lilin Yi, Bo Yang, Xingang Huang, Jun Shan Wey, Zhuang Ma, and Weisheng Hu

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 12(9), D36-D47 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Future optical access network enabled by modularization and softwarization of access and transmission functions [Invited]

Jun-ichi Kani, Jun Terada, Tomoya Hatano, Sang-Yuep Kim, Kota Asaka, and Takashi Yamada

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 12(9), D48-D56 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Analog fiber-wireless downlink transmission of IFoF/mmWave over in-field deployed legacy PON infrastructure for 5G fronthauling

K. Kanta, A. Pagano, E. Ruggeri, M. Agus, I. Stratakos, R. Mercinelli, C. Vagionas, P. Toumasis, G. Kalfas, G. Giannoulis, A. Miliou, G. Lentaris, D. Apostolopoulos, N. Pleros, D. Soudris, and H. Avramopoulos

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 12(10), D57-D65 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Super-PON: an evolution for access networks [Invited]

Claudio DeSanti, Liang Du, Jhon Guarin, Jason Bone, and Cedric F. Lam

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 12(10), D66-D77 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Flexible transmitters based on directly modulated VCSELs for next-generation 50G passive optical networks

Paola Parolari, Alberto Gatto, Christian Neumeyr, and Pierpaolo Boffi

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 12(10), D78-D85 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Progress of ITU-T higher speed passive optical network (50G-PON) standardization

Dezhi Zhang, Dekun Liu, Xuming Wu, and Derek Nesset

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 12(10), D99-D108 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF

Virtualized EAST–WEST PON architecture supporting low-latency communication for mobile functional split based on multiaccess edge computing

Sandip Das, Frank Slyne, Aleksandra Kaszubowska, and Marco Ruffini

J. Opt. Commun. Netw. 12(10), D109-D119 (2020)  View: HTML | PDF