INDEX
Absorption, See also Electroabsorption modulators (EAMs)
Access networks, See also Broadband access networks
challenges facing
hybrid fiber coax
Access technologies
bandwidth and reach for
comparison of
competition in
future
Acknowledgment (ACK) signal, See also REGISTER_ACK message
Ac power lines, 18
Active optical networks (AONs)
Ad hoc on-demand distance vector (AODV)
ADSL standard, See also Asymmetric DSL (ADSL)
Advanced encryption standard (AES) technique. See also AES-128 standards
Advanced Mobile Phone System (AMPS)
Aerial optical fiber deployment technique
AES-128 standards. See also Advanced encryption standard (AES) technique
Amplified spontaneous emission (ASE) noise
Amplifier gain
Amplifier noise figure
Amplitude shift keying (ASK)
Analog TV broadcasting
Analog video delivery architecture
Analog video signals
Antenna technology, advanced
APD receivers. See also Avalanche photodiodes (APDs)
APON standard. See also ATM-based PON (APON); Passive optical networks (PONs)
Application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)
Arrayed waveguide gratings (AWGs). See also AWG entries
temperature-stabilized
Arrival-time framing
Asymmetrical transmission
Asymmetric DSL (ADSL). See also ADSL standard; Digital subscriber line/loop (DSL)
Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM). See also ATM entries; Non-ATM-based service network interfaces
ATM adaptation layer (AAL5) cells. See also Asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)
ATM-based PON (APON). See also APON standard; ATM-PON; Passive optical ...
