5 Best Books on Broadband Access Networks

“Security in Fiber – Wireless (Fiwi) Broadband Access Networks” Book Review: This book is designed for undergraduate students majoring in computer science, information technology, and telecommunications engineering. It covers Ethernet Passive Optical Network (EPON), a promising technology for increasing per-user bit rates to support bandwidth-hungry applications in Fiber-to-the-Home (FTTH) networks. The book also covers next-generation Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) technology, which supports wireless network mobility for users. It includes bimodal Fiber-Wireless (FiWi) access networks designed to provide wired and wireless services over the same infrastructure simultaneously, potentially leading to significant cost savings. This book focuses on security issues such as mutual authentication, data confidentiality, integrity, and access control in hybrid FiWi broadband access networks, addressing an area that has typically been discussed separately in wireless or optical networks.

“Optical Packet Access Protocols for WDM Networks (Broadband Networks and Services)” Book Review: This book is designed for undergraduate students studying computer science, information technology, and telecommunications engineering. It addresses the fast-growing demand for network traffic resulting from the use of the internet, as well as the increasing need for high-performance networking technologies to support a variety of broadband multimedia communications. The book focuses on optical packet-switched networking in local and metropolitan area networks, which is critical for achieving high-performance applications such as virtual reality, medical imaging, and supercomputing. The book includes optical WDM networks, which play a pivotal role in achieving high-performance networking, and Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM), which utilizes hundreds of wavelengths. The book provides a brief classification of media access protocols and network architectures for WDM local and metro area networks.

“Cognitive Radio Networks Scheme for Broadband Wireless Access” Book Review: This book is aimed at undergraduate students of computer science, information technology, and telecommunication engineering. It specifically addresses the issue of spectrum sensing, which is a critical aspect of unlicensed cognitive radio networks (CRN) in co-allocating with licensed primary networks and sharing the same spectrum bands in an opportunistic manner. The book introduces a novel spectrum sensing scheduler algorithm called Interchangeable Sensing Schedule (ISS), which reduces interference and increases the CRN’s chances of detecting a vacant spectrum slot. The book also presents new scheduling concepts. While the algorithm described in the book is a good starting point, there are many open issues that researchers need to explore, from the implementation of the algorithm in real-world environments to the investigation of inter-band softer handover procedures that maintain the connectivity of customer premises equipment (CPEs).

“Multimode Fibre Broadband Access and Self-Referencing Sensors Networks” Book Review: This book is designed for undergraduate students studying computer science, information technology, and telecommunication engineering. It delves into the research field that explores the impact of various parameters on the frequency response of silica-based multimode optical fibers, as well as graded-index polymer optical fibers, both theoretically and experimentally. Furthermore, it discusses the feasibility of in-building networking to enhance automation and integration of optical sensor applications and systems. A novel approach for individually monitoring optical power loss of drop fibers in access Wavelength-Division-Multiplexing Passive Optical Networks (WDM-PON) is also presented in this book. The WDM-PON topologies are considered the optimal architecture for next-generation access networks in Fibre-To-The-x (FTTx) deployments, catering to the growing demand for multiple groups of broadband services such as video, fast internet, and high-quality audio by residential users.

“Broadband Access Networks: Technologies and Deployments (Optical Networks)” Book Review: This book is aimed at undergraduate students of computer science, information technology, and telecommunication engineering. It covers the latest developments in access networks and provides insight into the research, design, and deployment of state-of-the-art technologies. As telecommunications vendors and carriers seek cost-effective ultra-broadband “last-mile” access solutions, this book is particularly important. It offers a comprehensive overview of major broadband access technologies and deployments, with contributions from internationally recognized authors and key players in the field. The book is divided into five parts: Introduction and Enabling Technologies, Copper and Wireless Access Networks, Optical Access Networks, Optical-Wireless Access Networks, and Test beds, Field Trials, and Deployments.