Title :
Improving Energy Efficiency in Upstream EPON Channels by Packet Coalescing
Author :
Rodríguez-Pérez, Miguel ; Herrería-Alonso, Sergio ; Fernández-Veiga, Manuel ; López-García, Cándido
Author_Institution :
Telematics Eng. Dept., Univ. of Vigo, Vigo, Spain
fDate :
4/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
In this paper, we research the feasibility of adapting the packet coalescing algorithm, used successfully in IEEE 802.3az Ethernet cards, to upstream EPON channels. Our simulation experiments show that, using this algorithm, great power savings are feasible without requiring any changes to the deployed access network infrastructure nor to protocols.
Keywords :
optical fibre LAN; passive optical networks; IEEE 802.3az Ethernet card; energy efficiency; packet coalescing algorithm; upstream EPON channels; Bandwidth; Delay; EPON; IEEE 802.3 Standards; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Power demand; EPON; Energy efficiency; packet coalescing;
Journal_Title :
Communications, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TCOMM.2012.022712.110142A
