DocumentCode :
2884361
Title :
Availability Evaluation of Hybrid Wireless Optical Broadband Access Networks
Author :
Kiese, Moritz ; Georgieva, Elisabeth ; Schupke, Dominic ; Mukherjee, Biswanath ; Eberspächer, Jörg
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Commun. Networks, Tech. Univ. Munchen, Munich, Germany
fYear :
2009
fDate :
14-18 June 2009
Firstpage :
1
Lastpage :
6
Abstract :
The hybrid wireless-optical broadband access network (WOBAN) architecture provides a new and promising architecture for access networks by combining the beneficial properties of wireless and optical technologies. Thus it can achieve low deployment costs (as no cable infrastructure is necessary for the last mile) and provide a mobile yet economically viable end-user access. However, the integration of these technologies (optical and wireless) also has its challenges: While optical links have high availabilities (especially with modern protection techniques), the performance of wireless links depends on a variety of external parameters, which in many cases can be only described statistically. In this work, we evaluate the availability performance of a WOBAN in different demand scenarios and study the influence of various routing strategies (shortest paths with different link metrics, specialised routing algorithms for a WOBAN and multi-path routing). Our results show that we can significantly improve availability for end-users by using shortest path routing with link unavailability as the link cost metric. Using multi-path routing, further gains can be achieved.
Keywords :
broadband networks; optical fibre subscriber loops; radio access networks; statistical analysis; telecommunication network routing; WOBAN architecture; availability evaluation; multipath routing; optical link; shortest path routing; statistical analysis; wireless-optical broadband access network; Availability; Base stations; Computer architecture; Costs; DSL; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Paper technology; Passive optical networks; Routing;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 2009. ICC '09. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dresden
ISSN :
1938-1883
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3435-0
Electronic_ISBN :
1938-1883
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2009.5198771
Filename :
5198771
Link To Document :
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