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Overview

Frank Effenberger is affiliated with Huawei Technologies (China) and conducts research primarily in the field of Engineering, with a specific focus on Electrical and Electronic Engineering. Their academic work centers on Optical Network Technologies and Advanced Photonic Communication Systems, with substantial contributions also in Advanced Optical Network Technologies, Semiconductor Lasers and Optical Devices, Photonic and Optical Devices, and related areas involving graph theory and CDMA systems.

Effenberger has contributed to research published in several notable venues, including:

  • 2022 27th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC) and 2022 International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing (PSC)
  • Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
  • IEEE Wireless Communications
  • IEEE Communications Magazine
  • Asia Communications and Photonics Conference 2021

Their recent papers cover various aspects of optical and photonic communication networks. Key publications include:

  • "Overview of high-speed TDM-PON beyond 50 Gbps per wavelength using digital signal processing [Invited Tutorial]" (2022), Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
  • "What is beyond 50G: future standards of optical access networks [Invited]" (2024), Journal of Optical Communications and Networking
  • "WDM-PON for 5G Wireless Fronthaul" (2022), IEEE Wireless Communications
  • "PON for Fiber to the Room" (2021), Asia Communications and Photonics Conference 2021
  • "PON Coexistence Interference Avoidance with Cross-Layer Design" (2022), 2022 27th OptoElectronics and Communications Conference (OECC) and 2022 International Conference on Photonics in Switching and Computing (PSC)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Effenberger include:

  • Yuanqiu Luo
  • Dezhi Zhang
  • Andy Shen
  • Philippe Chanclou
  • Ioannis Tomkos

The research themes covered by Effenberger's work are predominantly situated in optical communication technologies that support high-speed data transmission, with particular attention given to passive optical networks (PON) and their applications in next-generation access networks. The studies explore standards beyond current limitations, digital signal processing techniques, and interference avoidance methodologies through cross-layer design.

Best Publications

  • Time- and Wavelength-Division Multiplexed Passive Optical Network (TWDM-PON) for Next-Generation PON Stage 2 (NG-PON2)

    Yuanqiu Luo;Xiaoping Zhou;F. Effenberger;Xuejin Yan

  • An introduction to PON technologies [Topics in Optical Communications]

    F. Effenberger;D. Clearly;O. Haran;G. Kramer

  • An Introduction to PON Technologies

    Frank Effenberger;David Cleary;Onn Haran;Ruo Ding Li

  • Efficient Mobile Fronthaul via DSP-Based Channel Aggregation

    Xiang Liu;Huaiyu Zeng;Naresh Chand;Frank Effenberger

  • Emerging Optical Access Network Technologies for 5G Wireless [Invited]

    Xiang Liu;Frank Effenberger

  • The XG-PON System: Cost Effective 10 Gb/s Access

    F J Effenberger

  • Next-generation PON-part II: Candidate systems for next-generation PON

    F. Effenberger;H. Mukai;Soojin Park;T. Pfeiffer

  • Advances in broadband passive optical networking technologies

    F.J. Effenberger;H. Ichibangase;H. Yamashita

  • Standardization trends and prospective views on the next generation of broadband optical access systems

    Frank J Effenberger;Jun-ichi Kani;Yoichi Maeda

  • Demonstration of a 40Gb/s time and Wavelength Division Multiplexed passive optical network prototype system

    Yiran Ma;Yinbo Qian;Guikai Peng;Xiaoping Zhou

  • Time-division-multiplexed few-mode passive optical network.

    Cen Xia;Naresh Chand;A M Velázquez-Benítez;Zhiqun Yang

  • Low-latency high-efficiency mobile fronthaul with TDM-PON (mobile-PON)

    Siyu Zhou;Xiang Liu;Frank Effenberger;Jonathan Chao

  • Demonstration of bandwidth-efficient mobile fronthaul enabling seamless aggregation of 36 E-UTRA-like wireless signals in a single 1.1-GHz wavelength channel

    Xiang Liu;Frank Effenberger;Naresh Chand;Lei Zhou

  • Passive Optical Networks (PONs): Past, present, and future

    Frank Effenberger;Tarek S. El-Bawab

  • Next-generation PONs: A performance investigation of candidate architectures for next-generation access stage 1

    Jingjing Zhang;N. Ansari;Yuanqiu Luo;F. Effenberger

  • Physical layer aspects of NG-PON2 standards–Part 2: System design and technology feasibility [Invited]

    Yuanqiu Luo;Hal Roberts;Klaus Grobe;Maurizio Valvo

  • World's First XG-PON Field Trial

    S Jain;F Effenberger;A Szabo;Zhishan Feng

  • Method and system for efficient optical transmission of NTSC video

    Frank J. Effenberger

  • Overview of high-speed TDM-PON beyond 50 Gbps per wavelength using digital signal processing [Invited Tutorial]

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  • Flexible TWDM PON system with pluggable optical transceiver modules

    Ning Cheng;Jianhe Gao;Chengzhi Xu;Bo Gao

  • Experimental demonstration of high-throughput low-latency mobile fronthaul supporting 48 20-MHz LTE signals with 59-Gb/s CPRI-equivalent rate and 2-μs processing latency

    Xiang Liu;Huaiyu Zeng;Naresh Chand;Frank Effenberger

  • Next-generation PON-part III: System specifications for XP-PON

    F. Effenberger;H. Mukai;J.-i. Kani;M. Rasztovits-Wiech

Frequent Co-Authors

Xiang Liu
Xiang Liu Nanjing Tech University
Guifang Li
Guifang Li University of Central Florida
Guido Montorsi
Guido Montorsi Polytechnic University of Turin
Gee-Kung Chang
Gee-Kung Chang Georgia Institute of Technology
Nirwan Ansari
Nirwan Ansari New Jersey Institute of Technology
Mischa Dohler
Mischa Dohler King's College London
Alexander M. Wyglinski
Alexander M. Wyglinski Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Leonid G. Kazovsky
Leonid G. Kazovsky Stanford University
Pierre Sillard
Pierre Sillard Prysmian Group (Germany)

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