A MAC protocol for an ATM PON supporting explicit rate congestion control for ABR traffic

Author

Panken, F. ; Blondia, C. ; Casals, O. ; Garcia, J.

Author_Institution

Comput. Sci. Inst., Nijmegen Univ., Netherlands

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

1998

Firstpage

1848

Abstract

This paper presents and evaluates the performance of a MAC protocol for a broadband access network using an ATM passive optical network (PON) supporting different service categories. The protocol is an enhancement of an earlier version proposed by the authors and implemented in the demonstrator of a project in the European RACE programme. A request/permit mechanism controls the access to the shared medium. The bandwidth allocation algorithm gives priority to the CBR/VBR traffic and ensures a minimum cell rate for the ABR traffic. The unused bandwidth is allocated to UBR traffic

Keywords

access protocols; asynchronous transfer mode; bandwidth allocation; broadband networks; delays; optical fibre subscriber loops; queueing theory; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication traffic; ABR traffic; ATM PON; CBR/VBR traffic priority; European RACE programme; MAC protocol; UBR traffic; bandwidth allocation algorithm; broadband access network; delay; demonstrator; explicit rate congestion control; minimum cell rate; passive optical network; performance evaluation; queue length; request/permit mechanism; service categories; shared medium access; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Bit rate; Channel allocation; Communication system traffic control; Electronic mail; Mathematics; Media Access Protocol; Optical network units; Passive optical networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1998. GLOBECOM 1998. The Bridge to Global Integration. IEEE

Conference_Location

Sydney,NSW

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4984-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1998.776700

Filename

776700