Section 1. Current Market View: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Development -- 1. An Introduction to Optical Access Networks: Technological Overview and Regulatory Issues for Large-Scale Deployment -- 2. Optical Access Comes of Age in a Packet-Delivery World --

Section 2. Modern Optical Technologies and Future Architectures for Broadband Access -- 3. Active Optical Access Networks -- 4. Wavelength Division Multiplexed Passive Optical Networks: Principles, Architectures and Technologies -- 5. Broadband Optical Access using Centralized Carrier Distribution --

Section 3. Technical Challenges and Determinants for Further Growth -- 6. Bandwidth Allocation Methods in Passive Optical Access Networks (PONs) -- 7. Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation for Ethernet Passive Optical Networks -- 8. Multicast Routing in Optical Access Networks -- 9. The Vertical-Cavity Surface-Emitting Laser: A Key Component in Future Optical Access Networks --

Section 4. Business Models and Techno-Economic Evaluations -- 10. Business Models for Municipal Metro Networks: Theoretical and Financial Analysis -- 11. Modeling and Techno-Economic Evaluations of WDM-PONs --

Section 5. The Way Forward -- 12. The New Generation Access Network -- 13. Next Generation Home Network and Home Gateway Associated with Optical Access -- Compilation of References -- About the Contributors -- Index.