Title : 
What is next for DSP-based optical access and OFDMA-PON?
         
        
            Author : 
Cvijetic, N. ; Cvijetic, Milorad
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
NEC Labs. America, Princeton, NJ, USA
         
        
        
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
Over the past several years, DSP-based optical access and OFDMA-PON have grown from niche topics to thriving R&D areas. This paper takes a trip down memory lane to summarize past achievements, highlight present milestones, and hypothesize about what is next.
         
        
            Keywords : 
OFDM modulation; frequency division multiple access; optical information processing; optical modulation; passive optical networks; DSP-based optical access; OFDMA-PON; Digital signal processing; High-speed optical techniques; OFDM; Optical fibers; Passive optical networks;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2014 European Conference on
         
        
            Conference_Location : 
Cannes
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/ECOC.2014.6964225