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