Title :
A class of MAC protocols for sharing ATM local access PONs
Author :
Angelopoulos, J.D. ; Venieris, I.S. ; Stassinopoulos, G.I.
Author_Institution :
Div. of Comput. Sci., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece
Abstract :
The cost of a dedicated fiber access to the B-ISDN is too high for small business and residential customers, necessitating some form of resource sharing. Combining ATM over a passive optical network (APON) with a suitable medium access control (MAC) protocol can provide significant cost savings and a reasonable bandwidth. In this way, this customer section can also enjoy introduction of broadband services at a relatively early stage. The emphasis of the MAC protocol presented is placed on service transparency with an aim to incur minimal changes to the local exchange (LEX) when an APON is attached. Sharing is effected by a reservation-based time division multiple access method
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; local area networks; optical links; protocols; standards; ATM local access PONs; B-ISDN; MAC protocol; broadband services; cost savings; customer section; dedicated fiber access; local exchange; medium access control; passive optical network; reservation-based time division multiple access method; residential customers; resource sharing; service transparency; small business; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Bandwidth; Broadband communication; Costs; Media Access Protocol; Network topology; Passive optical networks; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 1992. Proceedings., 17th Conference on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3095-7
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.1992.228139
