Vázquez García, María CarmenSánchez Montero, David RicardoMontalvo García, JulioTapetado Moraleda, Alberto2016-03-102016-03-102015-07Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON2015 (2015) pp. 1-3978-1-4673-7879-6/15https://hdl.handle.net/10016/22521The proceeding at: 17th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON2015, took place at 2015, July 5-9, in Budapest, (Hungary).Broadband access networks needs specific monitoring techniques at the physical layer to provide the quality of service required by the users. Similarities between sensor and access networks will be analysed to get best practices in both scenarios to provide novel monitoring and self-reference techniques.3application/pdfeng© 2015 IEEEBroadband access networkMonitoring techniqueSelf-referencingDrop fiberconference paperElectrónicaTelecomunicacionesopen access13Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks, ICTON2015CC/0000024171