Meet the editors

Isiaka A. Alimi obtained a PhD in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, in 2018. He was with Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria from 2004 to 2012. He joined Federal University of Technology, Akure, Nigeria, in 2013. He is currently a researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações, Aveiro, Portugal, where he has been participating in various R&D activities. He has published more than fifteen tech-

nical papers and six book chapters. He has served as an academic editor for a book and a guest editor of a special issue. His research interests include network security, optical communication networks, microwave photonics, advanced signal processing and their applications for effective management in access networks. Dr. Alimi is a member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Paulo P. Monteiro obtained a "Licenciatura" in Electronics and Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, in 1988; an MSc in Electronic Engineering from the University of Wales, UK, in 1990; and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Aveiro, in 1999. Presently, he is Associate Professor at the University of Aveiro and Researcher at the Instituto de Telecomunicações. His main research inter-

ests include optical communication networks, microwave photonics and electronic subsystems. He successfully tutored and co-tutored more than 14 PhDs, having participated in more than 28 projects. He has authored/co-authored more than 18 patent applications, more than 100 papers in journals and 300 conference contributions. Dr. Monteiro is a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

Dr. António L. Teixeira obtained a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Aveiro, Portugal, in 1999. He is a tenured associate professor at the University of Aveiro and presently the dean of the university's doctoral school. He has successfully tutored more than 70 MSc and 14 PhD students, having participated in more than 35 national and international projects. Previously, he worked at Nokia Siemens Networks and Coriant

as a standardization expert. Dr. Teixeira has published more than 400 papers (more than 130 in journals), has co-edited and contributed to several books, and holds 11 patents. In 2014 he co-founded PICadvanced, a startup in the field of telecommunications. He has also served as TPC at major conferences and is a member of several scientific organizations.

Contents

**Section 1**

**Section 2**

*by Amer Al-Canaan*

**Preface III**

**Acknowledgements V**

Telecommunication Protocol, Optimization, and Security Frameworks **1**

**Chapter 1 3**

**Chapter 2 21**

**Chapter 3 41**

Next-Generation Optical Access Technologies **65**

**Chapter 4 67**

**Chapter 5 87**

**Chapter 6 105** Mitigating Turbulence-Induced Fading in Coherent FSO Links: An Adaptive

Telecommunications Protocols Fundamentals

Android Application Security Scanning Process *by Iman Almomani and Mamdouh Alenezi*

*by Tomas Horvath, Petr Munster and Josef Vojtech*

High-Speed WDM-PON Systems

Space-Time Code Approach

*and Ajibade Adedayo*

*and Girts Ivanovs*

Optimum Efficiency on Broadcasting Communications

*by Juan Manuel Velazquez Arcos, Ricardo Teodoro Paez Hernandez, Tomas David Navarrete Gonzalez and Jaime Granados Samaniego*

Deployment of PON in Europe and Deep Data Analysis of GPON

Research of M-PAM and Duobinary Modulation Formats for Use in

*by Toms Salgals, Inna Kurbatska, Sandis Spolitis, Vjaceslavs Bobrovs* 

*by Ojo O. Adedayo, Oluwafemi B. Ilesanmi, Ogunlade M. Adegoke* 
