Book description
The Only Resource to Cover Wireless, Wireline, and Optical Networks
in One Volume
Mobile and stationary next-generation networks that access the
photonic core are destined to become as ubiquitous as traditional
telephone networks. These networks must efficiently provide adequate
network quality to multimedia applications with high bandwidth and
strict quality-of-service requirements, as well as seamlessly
integrate mobile and fixed architectures. Today's engineering students
must be properly prepared to meet the challenges of next-generation
network development and deployment.
Featuring contributions from top industrial experts and academic
professors, this authoritative work provides a comprehensive
introduction to next-generation networks. It explains wireless
networks such as wireless local area networks (WLAN), wireless
personal area networks (WPAN), wireless access, 3G/4G cellular, and RF
transmission, as well as optical networks like long-haul and
metropolitan networks, optical fiber, photonic devices, and VLSI
chips. Rather than focusing on heavy math or physical details, this
resource explores how the technology is being used. It describes
access and transport network layer technologies while also discussing
the network and services aspects.
Chapter coverage includes:
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Fiber-wireless networks: technologies, architectures, and
future challenges
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Packet backhaul network
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Point-to-point microwave backhaul
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Fourth-generation broadband: paving the road to Gbit/s with copper
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Dynamic bandwidth allocation in EPON and GPON
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Next-generation ethernet passive optical networks: 10G-EPON
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Power line communications and smart grids
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Signaling for multimedia conferencing in 4G: architecture,
evaluation, and issues
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Self-coexistence and security in cognitive radio networks
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Mobile WiMAX
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UWB personal area networks-MIMO extensions
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Next-generation integrated metropolitan-access network:
technology integration and wireless convergence
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Resilient burst ring: a novel technology for the
next-generation metropolitan area networks
Filled with illustrations and practical examples from industry, this
book will be invaluable to engineers and researchers in industry and
academia, as well as senior undergraduate and graduate students,
marketing and management staff, photonics physicists, and chip
designers.
KRZYSZTOF INIEWSKI, PHD, is the
Executive Director at CMOS Emerging Technologies. His research
interests are in VLSI circuits for medical and security applications.
From 2005 to 2006, he was an associate professor in the Electrical
Engineering and Computer Engineering Department of the University of
Alberta, where he conducted research on low-power wireless circuits
and systems. Dr. Iniewski has published over 100 research papers in
international journals and conferences. He holds eighteen
international patents granted in the United States, Canada, France,
Germany, and Japan.
