Design and performance evaluation of protected Super-EPON Access networks using a dedicated protection ring architecture

Author

Santos, João ; Quadros, Orlando ; Pires, João ; Pedro, João

Author_Institution

Inst. de Telecomun., Tech. Univ. of Lisbon, Lisbon

fYear

2007

fDate

7-10 Oct. 2007

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

This paper describes and tests the feasibility of a protected super Ethernet passive optical network (Super-EPON). The architecture of the Super-EPON is based on a two-fiber ring that provides protection to the feeder section of the supported EPONs. The performance evaluation of the network is measured by simulating the behavior of dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) algorithms with quality of service (QoS) support in the upstream traffic management. The results are examined in terms of mean packet delay, mean bit rate per optical network unit (ONU), time-slot occupation efficiency, data packet loss, and overhead due to Ethernet headers and multi-point control protocol (MPCP) messages.

Keywords

bandwidth allocation; optical fibre LAN; optical fibre subscriber loops; quality of service; telecommunication traffic; Ethernet passive optical network; QoS; dedicated protection fibre ring architecture; dynamic bandwidth allocation; mean bit rate per optical network unit; mean packet delay; multi point control protocol message; quality of service; super-EPON access networks; time-slot occupation efficiency; traffic management; Bit rate; Channel allocation; Communication system traffic control; Optical losses; Optical network units; Protection; Quality management; Quality of service; Testing; Traffic control; Super passive optical networks; dedicated protected ring; dynamic bandwidth allocation algorithms;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Design and Reliable Communication Networks, 2007. DRCN 2007. 6th International Workshop on

Conference_Location

La Rochelle

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3824-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DRCN.2007.4762282

Filename

4762282