Topics of interest include but are not limited to: 

 Access network

• New opportunities with FOAN technologies (like XGPON, 10GEPON, 40GPON, WDM-PON, a hybrid network, FTTx, EP2P, AE ..)

• Integration of different networks: Fiber, FSO, Wireless, ..

• Fiber optics in 5G network

• Business cases in the access area with special reference to the current solution and the possible upgrade paths

• Mobile back haul and front haul

• Practical access solution

• New architectures and typologies

• Bandwidth allocation strategies

• Energy efficient frameworks

• Impact of regulation on development of Access Networks

Smart city

• City Sensor Network

• Urban Security and Public Safety Technology

• Video Network, Video Analysis and Pattern Recognition

• Transportation and Connected Vehicles

• Smart Application for Health

• Smart Application for Governance

• Other Related Areas

Smart Home

• Residential home gateway

• Home Sensor Network

• Home networking and wireless communications

• Smart Home Illumination

• Smart Application for Health

• Smart home monitoring and security

• IP V6 in home devices

Internet of Things (IoT) 

• Network infrastructure, wireless

• Sensors, energy harvest

• IoT in Healthcare, in Government, in Enterprises

• Service providers and industrial  analitics

• Standards and Certifications

• Security Strategy

Technologies

• Modification of GPON, GEPON, XGPON, 10GEPON, 40GPON, P2P, 1G P2P..

• Improvement in all access technologies and mechanisms

• WDM-PON, Colored PON

• Fiber: the new types, Photonic fiber uses, compatibility of different types, POF in access network, Photonic fiber..

• Measurements in PONs

• Connectors: the new types, impact at FOAN

• The burst laser diode

• Multi-wavelength optical sender/receiver

• Extension of FOAN Links: Wireless, DSL extension, home gateway ..

• Impact of fiber impairments in long reach PONs

• Migration schemes, Convergence of PONs, NGPON1, NGPON2

• TDM over PONs, TDM services in NG PONs

• Metro GPON, Long Reach PON

• Optical Network Switching Architectures

• Optical Network Protection and Restoration

• Radio over Fiber in Access Network

• Hybrid optical-wireless architecture/connectivity/protocols

QoS and QoE

• Mechanisms of QoS in access network

• Comparing access technology with aspect of QoS

• Quality of Experience (QoE): focus on the end-user, How to measure & handle it,

• QoE and Fairness Is the final bandwidth distribution fair enough? Challenges and solutions.

• New services: Multi screen, 3DTV, interactive TV, remote controle over FOAN links, robotics ..

• New applications: GSM, LTE, business services, sensing, monitoring, new home applications...

• Clean-slate approach in optical access networks

The hottest results in fiber optic technology

• Research in basis optical elements: laser devices, amplifiers, receivers, laser and receiver circuit

• Modulations of optical beam

• High-throughput fiber optical links

• Fair and Efficient bandwidth distribution