Title :
MC-FiWiBAN: an emergency-aware mission-critical fiber-wireless broadband access network
Author :
Dhaini, Ahmad R. ; Ho, Pin-Han
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, Canada
fDate :
1/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The convergence of optical and wireless networks has been envisioned recently as an attractive economic broadband access solution; yet, its usage has been restricted to public users only. To serve mission-critical services in public safety and disaster relief communications using the fiber-wireless integration, key challenges such as fault recovery, security, and quality of service assurance must be addressed. This article introduces MC-FiWiBAN, a new emergency-aware architecture that leverages layer 2 virtual private networks to support mission-critical services over the integration. Each virtual private network corresponds to a specific mission-critical system requirements bundle that is stipulated in the service level agreement and fulfilled via an effective resource management paradigm. Simulation results show that MC-FiWiBAN can commit guaranteed quality of service for emergency and non-emergency services.
Keywords :
broadband networks; optical fibre LAN; quality of service; radio access networks; virtual private networks; EPON; MC-FiWiBAN; disaster relief communications; fault recovery; layer 2 virtual private networks; mission-critical fiber-wireless broadband access network; mission-critical services; public safety; quality of service assurance; resource management; service level agreement; Broadband communication; Emergency services; Optical network units; Quality of service; Real time systems; Virtual private networks; WiMAX;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MCOM.2011.5681027