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<p>Introduction to Future Optical Access Network (FOAN) - FOAN Access Network Subsystems - A path for Disruptive Technology Integration.- Advance Transceiver Mechanisms for FOAN.- FOAN Architectures Enabling FTTX/ 5G/6G/ IoT/Smart City Applications and Services.- Network Survivability and Security Mechanism for FOAN.</p>

<p>Dr. Santosh Kumar received the Ph.D. degree from Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines) Dhanbad, Dhanbad, India, in 2014. He is a former professor at Liaocheng University, Liaocheng, China.&nbsp;He&nbsp;is currently a professor with the Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering,&nbsp;<strong>Koneru Lakshmaiah Education Foundation, &nbsp;Vaddeswaram</strong><strong>,&nbsp;</strong>India. He has published&nbsp;more than&nbsp;400 research articles in national and international&nbsp;SCI&nbsp;journals and conferences. His current research interests include optical fiber sensors, nanophotonics and biophotonics, waveguides, interferometers, and the Internet of Things. Till now, he has reviewed more than&nbsp;<strong>2200</strong>&nbsp;SCI articles. Dr. Kumar is a fellow of&nbsp;SPIE&nbsp;and a senior member of IEEE and&nbsp;OPTICA. He is also an associate editor of the IEEE SENSORS JOURNAL, IEEE INTERNET OF THINGS, and Biomedical Optics Express.</p>

<p>Dr. Abhilasha Mishra received her Ph.D. in&nbsp;the field of&nbsp;antennas from Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon, India, in 2013. She&nbsp;is working&nbsp;as an associate professor and dean (R&amp;D and Innovation) at Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Chatrapati Sambhajinagar. She has diverse research interests spanning antenna design, microwave filters, remote sensing, optical communication networks, optimization, etc. Dr. Mishra is a prolific author,&nbsp;having published&nbsp;more than 55 research articles in national and international peer-reviewed journals and conferences. She&nbsp;is also recognized&nbsp;for her role as a peer reviewer for prestigious journals such as IEEE AP-S Transactions, Springer, and Elsevier. Her leadership extends beyond academia, as evidenced by her organization of world-renowned conferences like IEEE IAW 2013 and IEEE AEMC 2017 at&nbsp;MIT, Chatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra. Additionally, she holds Indian Patents and Design Patents for her innovations in various fields.</p>

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<p>Dr. Rajendraprasad A. Pagare received a Ph.D. in Next Generation Optical Access Networks from Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University’s Maharashtra Institute of Technology, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, India. He has completed his Masters in Engineering from&nbsp;S.G.G.S.&nbsp;Institute of Technology (Formally Government-Aides College of Engineering), Maharashtra, India. He has published 15 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conferences. His areas of interest are optical communication networks, VLSI, digital system design, and electronic devices. He is a life member of the Indian Society for Technical Education (ISTE), India.</p>

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<p>Dr. Carlos Marques received the Ph.D.&nbsp;degree&nbsp;from the University of Aveiro in December&nbsp;of&nbsp;2023.&nbsp;After, he&nbsp;was awarded&nbsp;a Marie Curie Individual Fellowship to research at Aston University,&nbsp;U.K., from 2014–2016. He is a former principal researcher at i3N Laboratory Associate of the University of Aveiro and is now a full member at&nbsp;CICECO, Physics Department, University of Aveiro. He is currently a professor with the&nbsp;CICECO—Aveiro Institute of Materials, Physics Department, University of Aveiro, Portugal.&nbsp;He has published more than 400 research articles in international&nbsp;SCI&nbsp;journals and conferences,&nbsp;and&nbsp;he&nbsp;is active in international conferences organizations (IMOC2019, AOP2024, and EWOFS2027).&nbsp;His current research interests include optical sensors and devices, optics and photonics instrumentation, machine learning-based sensing, and the Internet of Things to&nbsp;be applied&nbsp;in biomedical, environmental, and aerospace/aeronautic fields.</p>

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<p>This book provides detailed information on a low-cost, high-speed infrastructure to support applications and services based on 5G/6G, the Internet of Things (IoT), smart cities, and fiber-to-the-x (FTTX). The contents will serve as a ready reference for researchers, design engineers, network operators, and service providers, as well as graduating engineers interested in pursuing careers in the optical access network domain. The book is a road map for designing and developing access networks for a variety of applications, including smart cities and long-distance high-speed access networks. The book is useful for undergraduate, postgraduate, and research students, particularly in developing South-East Asian countries.</p>

Serves as a road map for designing and developing access networks for a variety of applications Covers a ready reference for researchers, design engineers, network operators, and service providers Includes details on network subsystems, active and passive components and their integration, FOAN topologies