Title :
MAC layer performance evaluation of IEEE 802.16e Radio-over-Fiber networks
Author :
Sklikas, Pavlos ; Mjeku, Majlinda ; Gomes, Nathan J.
Author_Institution :
Broadband & Wireless Commun. Group, Univ. of Kent, Canterbury, UK
Abstract :
This paper investigates the performance of the IEEE 802.16e Medium Access Control (MAC) in 802.16e Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) networks, in terms of MAC Data Rate (MDR). It is shown that the accommodation of the extra propagation delay induced by the optical fiber links increases the protocol overheads and reduces the protocol´s efficiency.
Keywords :
access protocols; optical links; radio-over-fibre; radiowave propagation; IEEE 802.16e radio-over-fiber network; MAC data rate; MAC layer performance evaluation; RoF network; medium access control; optical fiber link; propagation delay; protocol efficiency; protocol overhead; Bandwidth; OFDM; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Protocols; WiMAX;
Conference_Titel :
Microwave Photonics (MWP), 2010 IEEE Topical Meeting on
Conference_Location :
Montreal, QC
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7824-8
DOI :
10.1109/MWP.2010.5664626
