Convergence of Wireless, Wireline, and Photonics Next Generation Networks

KRZYSZTOF INIEWSKI, P H D, 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 ( Maria Angeles Callejo Rodriguez and Jose Enriquez 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 Odling, Miguel Berg, Stefan Host, Enrique Areizaga, Per Ola Borjesson and Eduardo Jacob ). 8 Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation in EPON and GPON ( Bjorn 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 Saed ). 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.