The Eighth IASTED International
Conferences
on
Wireless and Optical Communications
~WOC 2008~
With 4 Symposia:
Communication Systems and Applications (CSA 2008)
Optical Communication Systems and Networks (OCSN 2008)
Wireless Networks and Emerging Technologies (WNET 2008)
Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN 2008)
May 26 – 28, 2008
Quebec City, Quebec, Canada
TUTORIAL SESSION
Broadband Access. Fiber or Wireless? Or maybe both?
Abstract
The massive growth of the Internet and the vast applications it offers has not only increased the number of users, but also increased the individual bandwidth demand for voice, data, and video-on-demand, which are now offered by telephone companies and cable television service providers. Applications are becoming more and more bandwidth hungry and the users are getting more and more accustomed to accessing these applications anywhere and anytime while on the move.
Wireless coverage of the end-user domain, either outdoors or indoors, is expected to become an essential part of broadband communication networks; mainly due to the ease in mobility it offers. In order to offer integrated broadband services these systems will need to offer higher data transmission capacities well beyond the present-day standards of wireless systems. Fiber-optic networks, on the other hand, offer the advantage of high bandwidth. For many years these two technologies were thought to be competitors. Nevertheless, today more and more it is realized that these two technologies can merge and serve a much wider user base offering at the same time high BW and mobility.
Background Knowledge Expected of Participants
Participants should have some knowledge of optical network components and elements.
Objectives
The objective of this tutorial is to introduce the Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) to the audience, go over the basic components that constitute a passive optical network and show how fiber-based and wireless-based networks can merge to serve a bigger customer base with increased bandwidth requirements.
In this tutorial, the convergence of Fiber-optic and Wireless networks will be discussed. Subjects to be covered include:
- Broadband access and its importance
- Access network technologies
- Passive optical networks
- Troubleshooting and Automated Tests and Measurement in PON
- Fiber-Wireless Broadband Access Network Architectures based on passive optical networks.
- Generation, transmission and delivery of wireless signals and high-frequency signals in fiber.
- Radio-over-Fiber technologies and systems.
- Modulation technologies (such as OTDM, WDM, OFDM) used in both wireless and optical subsystems.
Time Allocations for Major Course Topics
- Broadband Access Technology and PON: 45 min
- Questions/break: 15 min
- PON applications and example studies: 45 min
- Questions/break: 15 min
- Fiber-Wireless and Radio-over-Fiber technologies and systems: 45 min
- Questions/Wrap-up: 15 min
Biography of the Presenter
Nicholas Madamopoulos is an Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at the City College of City University of New York. He holds a B.S. (1993) in Physics from the University of Patras, Greece, and an M.S. (1996) and Ph.D. (1998) Degree in Optical Sciences and Engineering from the School of Optics/CREOL, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL.
His Ph.D. specialization was in photonic information processing systems, where he introduced novel photonic delay lines for RF-photonic applications and in particular for phased array antenna control. He has spent over 10 years in the academic and industrial research environment working in all aspects of optical networks, from optical network and equipment architectures to novel optical network element implementations for future optical telecommunication systems. He has worked in a variety of positions for Nuonics, Corning Inc, OFS (former Specialty Fiber Division Lucent Technologies), Calient Networks, CREOL, University of Central Florida and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California at Santa Barbara.
His interests include fiber wireless (FiWi), radio-over-fiber (RoF) and photonic information processing for telecom and non-telecom applications. He is a reviewer for journals and conferences and has served as a committee member for a variety of conferences and as a scientific advisor for companies.
