13th Workshop on Broadband Access and Edge Networking

After the two editions of the FRONT-EDGE Workshop, in Barcelona (2021) and in Porto (2022), we are happy to announce that the 2023 edition will be within the celebrated ICTON Conference, which is again held after the two pandemic years, and join efforts. ICTON retakes its relevant place in the yearly events in optical communications research, and specifically also in Access and Edge networks, holding the ICTON 13th Workshop on Broadband Access and Edge Networking.

The Workshop is dedicated to identifying future technologies of fixed networks that enable the evolution towards the next generations, while also investigating changes in architecture required to handle future needs and use cases, towards massive Fiber-To-The-Everywhere/Everything (FTTE) expanding to new markets and applications. The topics of primary interest include:

Innovative Point-to-Multipoint and LAN architectures,
Core-edge convergent applications,
FMC (Fixed and Mobile Convergence): transparent wideband Radio-over-Fibre,
Optical wireless and free space optics, millimetre and THz wave backhauling,
Fiber-to-the-Room solutions,
Edge computing and smart industrial IoT architectures,
Network autopilot, AI based network automation for optical access,
Application-driven edge networking use cases,
“Lite” and/or low power consumption digital signal processing,
Low cost coherent transceivers,
New fibre, Si-Photonics, MultiChip Modules for access,
International Standardization activities and other forums.

The organization is carried out by the Co-chairs Ernesto Ciaramella, Ioannis Tomkos, Ivan Cano, and myself (Josep Prat). Knowing your highly recognized expertise in the area, we are delighted to invite you to attend ICTON and submit your relevant research at the Workshop.