Building the Network of the Future

11Network Access

Hank Kafka

Contents

11.1Introduction

11.2What Makes Access Networks Different

11.3Extending NFV and SDN to Network Access

11.4Wireline Access Technologies

11.4.1PON Technology

11.4.2G.fast Technology

11.4.3Wireline Access Hardware

11.4.4Merchant Silicon

11.4.5Wireline Access Hardware Standards and Open Specifications

11.4.6Open vOLT Hardware Specifications

11.4.7Wireline Access Software

11.4.8Network Abstraction Layer

11.4.9SDN Access Controllers

11.4.10Open Access Network Software

11.5Mobile Wireless Access Technologies

11.5.1LTE RAN Configurations

11.5.25G Wireless

11.5.2.1Advanced Multielement Antenna Structures

11.5.2.2Dual Connectivity

11.5.2.3Ultrahigh Density and Self-Backhaul

11.5.2.4Flexible Carrier Configuration ...