Download or read book Media Access Control and Resource Allocation written by Nirwan Ansari and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-01-17 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on various Passive optical networks (PONs) types, including currently deployed Ethernet PON (EPON) and Gigabit PON (GPON) as well as next generation WDM PON and OFDM PON. Also this book examines the integrated optical and wireless access networks. Concentrating on two issues in these networks: media access control (MAC) and resource allocation. These two problems can greatly affect performances of PONs such as network resource utilization and QoS of end users. Finally this book will discuss various solutions to address the MAC and resource allocation issues in various PON networks.