Support of QoS in IP-based Ethernet-PON

Author

Assi, Chadi ; Ye, Yinghua ; Dixit, Sudhir

Author_Institution

CIISE Departnicni, Concordia Univ., Montreal, Que., Canada

Volume

7

fYear

2003

fDate

1-5 Dec. 2003

Firstpage

3737

Abstract

Ethernet-based passive optical network (EPON) technology is being considered as a promising solution for next generation broadband access networks due to the convergence of low-cost Ethernet equipment and low-cost fiber infrastructure along with its ability to support successfully IP-based multimedia applications with quality of service requirements. We propose to use the multi-point control protocol (MPCP) defined in the IEEE 802.3ah task force to arbitrate the transmission of different users; dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) algorithms are then presented to allocate bandwidths between these users effectively and fairly. These DBA algorithms are then augmented to support differentiated services in a network with heterogeneous traffic. We conduct detailed simulation experiments to study the performance and validate the effectiveness of the proposed protocols.

Keywords

bandwidth allocation; broadband networks; digital subscriber lines; multimedia communication; optical fibre subscriber loops; protocols; quality of service; DSL; IEEE 802.3ah; IP-based Ethernet-PON; QoS; broadband access networks; differentiated services; dynamic bandwidth allocation; heterogeneous traffic; low-cost Ethernet equipment; multi-point control protocol; passive optical network; quality of service; Access protocols; Channel allocation; EPON; Ethernet networks; Force control; Next generation networking; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Passive optical networks; Quality of service;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2003. GLOBECOM '03. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7974-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2003.1258931

Filename

1258931