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;

NG PON2 interoperability

• Test setup, trial experience, 
• OLT to ONT communication
  • OpenOMCI
  • PLOAM interaction
• Wavelenght Mobility
  • laser switching time

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