DocumentCode :
1425976
Title :
Fiber-wireless (FiWi) access networks: Challenges and opportunities
Author :
Ghazisaidi, Navid ; Maier, Martin
Volume :
25
Issue :
1
fYear :
2011
Firstpage :
36
Lastpage :
42
Abstract :
Hybrid fiber-wireless (FiWi) access networks aim at combining the huge amount of available bandwidth of optical networks and the ubiquity and mobility of wireless access networks with the objective to reduce their cost and complexity. This article highlights key enabling optical as well as wireless technologies and explains their role in emerging FiWi networks. After briefly reviewing previous art, important challenges and imperatives for the design of future FiWi network architectures, protocols, and algorithms are identified and discussed in detail.
Keywords :
mobility management (mobile radio); optical fibre networks; radio access networks; radio-over-fibre; FiWi networks; hybrid fiber wireless access networks; mobility; optical networks; ubiquity; Modulation; Optical fibers; Passive optical networks; WiMAX;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Network, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
0890-8044
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/MNET.2011.5687951
Filename :
5687951
Link To Document :
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