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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2016.16.003

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Key technologies and recent progress of broadband access networks

  • ZHANG Chongfu ,
  • CHEN Chen ,
  • ZHANG Wei ,
  • QIU Kun ,
  • YUAN Weicheng ,
  • YAN Yangyang
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  • 1. Key Lab of Optical Fiber Sensing and Communication Networks, Ministry of Education;School of Communication and Information Engineering, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 611731, China;
    2. School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 639798, Singapore

Received date: 2016-06-30

  Revised date: 2016-07-15

  Online published: 2016-09-21

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Abstract

Broadband communication networks include both high-speed optical fiber transmission backbone networks and broadband access networks (BAN), but developments of the two kinds of networks are very uneven. Particularly, several challenges of BAN such as speed and bandwidth, security and privacy, cost-effectiveness, energy consumption and integration need to be addressed. In this paper, according to the international research reports, a brief overview of the research progress of BAN is presented, and the trend in technology development and key issues of BAN are indicated. At last, the security and privacy enhancement, the cost reduction, the integration and compatibility improvement of BAN are summarized and discussed.

Key words： broadband access networks; access network integration; optical communication; passive optical network

Cite this article

ZHANG Chongfu , CHEN Chen , ZHANG Wei , QIU Kun , YUAN Weicheng , YAN Yangyang . Key technologies and recent progress of broadband access networks[J]. Science & Technology Review, 2016 , 34(16) : 34 -44 . DOI: 10.3981/j.issn.1000-7857.2016.16.003

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