EIBT: Exclusive Intervals for Bulk Transfers on EPONs

Author

Wei, Xing ; Aurzada, Frank ; McGarry, Michael P. ; Reisslein, Martin

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr., Comput., & Energy Eng., Arizona State Univ., Tempe, AZ, USA

Volume

31

Issue

1

fYear

2013

fDate

Jan.1, 2013

Firstpage

99

Lastpage

110

Abstract

The upstream transmission of bulk data files in Ethernet passive optical networks (EPONs) arises from a number of applications, such as data backup and multimedia file upload. Existing upstream transmission approaches lead to severe delays for conventional packet traffic when best effort file and packet traffic are mixed. We propose and evaluate an exclusive interval for bulk transfer (EIBT) transmission strategy that reserves an EIBT for file traffic in an EPON polling cycle. We optimize the duration of the EIBT to minimize a weighted sum of packet and file delays. Through mathematical delay analysis and verifying simulation, we demonstrate that the EIBT approach preserves small delays for packet traffic, while efficiently serving bulk data file transfers.

Keywords

data communication; optical fibre LAN; passive optical networks; telecommunication traffic; EIBT; EPON; Ethernet passive optical networks; best effort file; bulk data file transfers; data backup; file delay; file traffic; mathematical delay analysis; multimedia file upload; packet delay; packet traffic; polling cycle; upstream transmission; Delay; EPON; IEEE 802.3 Standards; Optical network units; Propagation delay; Quality of service; Bulk data transmission; Ethernet passive optical network (EPON); delay analysis; file transfer; packet transmission;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2012.2227242

Filename

6352821