Convergence of Mobile and Stationary Next-Generation Networks (eBook)

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.

Preface.

Contributors.

Part I Access and Backhaul Networks.

1 Roadmap for Next Generation Communications Networks
(María Ángeles Callejo Rodríguez and José
Enríquez Gabeiras).

2 Wide-Area Ubiquitous Network: An Infrastructure for Sensor and
Actuator Networking (Hiroshi Saito, Masato Matsuo, Osamu Kagami,
Shigeru Kuwano, Daisei Uchida, and Yuichi Kado).

3 Wireline Access Networks (Scott Reynolds).

4 Fiber-Wireless (FIWI) Networks: Technologies, Architectures,
and Future Challenges (Navid Ghazisaidi and Martin
Maier).

5 Packet Backhaul Network (Hao Long).

6 Microwave Backhaul Networks (Ron Nadiv).

Part II Wireline Technologies.

7 Paving the Road to Gbit/s Broadband Access with Copper
(Thomas Magesacher, Per Ödling, Miguel Berg, Stefan
Höst, Enrique Areizaga, Per Ola Börjesson and Eduardo
Jacob).

8 Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation in EPON and GPON (Björn
Skubic, Jiajia Chen, Jawwad Ahmed, Biao Chen and Lena
Wosinska).

9 Next-Generation Ethernet Passive Optical Networks: 10G-EPON
(Marek Hajduczenia and Henrique J. A. da Silva).

10 Broadband Powerline Communications (Lars Torsten
Berger).

11 Power Line Communications and Smart Grids (Tae Eung Sung
and Adam Bojanczyk).

Part III Wireless Technologies and Spectrum
Management.

12 Signaling for Multimedia Conferencing in 4G: Architecture,
Evaluation and Issues (Chunyan Fu, Ferhat Khendek and Roch
Glitho).

13 Self-Coexistence and Security in Cognitive Radio Networks
(Shamik Sengupta, Santhanakrishnan Anand, and Rajarathnam
Chandramouli).

14 Mobile WIMAX (Aryan Saèd).

15 Ulta-Wideband Personal Area Networks: MIMO Extensions
(Cheran Vithanage, Magnus Sandell, Justin P. Coon and Yue
Wang).

Part IV Metropolitan, Core, and Storage Area
Networks.

16 Next-Generation Integrated Metropolitan-Access Network:
Technology Integration and Wireless Convergence (Shing-Wa Wong,
Divanilson R. Campelo, and Leonid G. Kazovsky).

17 Resilient Burst Ring: A Novel Technology for Next-Generation
Metropolitan Area Networks (Yuefeng Ji and Xin Liu).

18 Multiprotocol Label Switching (Mario Baldi).

19 Overview of Storage Networking and Storage Networks
(Eugene Ortenberg and Christian van den Branden).

Part V Photonic and Electronic Component Technology.

20 ROADM architectures and WSS Implementation Technologies
(Neo Antoniades, George Ellinas, Jonathan Homa and Krishna
Bala).

21 Integrated Circuits for Dispersion Compensation in Optical
Communication Links (Anthony Chan Carusone, Faisal A. Musa,
Jonathan Sewter, and George Ng).

22 High-End Silicon Photodiode Integrated Circuits (Bernhard
Goll, Robert Swoboda and Horst Zimmermann).

23 MIMO Wireless Transceiver Design Incorporating Hybrid ARQ
(Dimitris Toumpakaris, Jungwon Lee, Edward W. Jang, Hui-Ling
Lou, and John M. Cioffi).

24 Radio-Frequency Transmitters (Alireza Zolfaghari, Hooman
Darabi and Henrik Jensen).

Index.

"Intended as a preview of cutting edge technologies designed to
deal with the ever increasing demand for network bandwidth, this
collection of twenty-four essays presents scholarship on several
types of emerging high-speed network technologies. Divided into
sections covering access and backhaul networks, wireline
technologies, wireless and spectrum management, metropolitan core,
storage and area networks and photonic component technology,
specific topics discussed include fiber-wireless network, packet
backhaul systems, passive optical networks, mobile wimax, ROADM and
radio-frequency transmitters. Appropriate for electronics and
communications engineers and high level graduate students,
contributors to this work include academics from a variety of
universities around the world as well as industry experts in
computer networking, fiber optics and telephony." (Reference and
Research Book News, February 2011)

"Featuring contributions from top industrial experts and academic
professors, this authoritative work provides a comprehensive
introduction to next-generation networks."

(Global Print Monitor, 23 February 2011)