MPCP design in prototyping optical network unit of ethernet in the first mile

Author

Zhongjun Wang ; Doreen Yeo ; Xiaodan Gan ; Bin Zhao ; Layhong Tan ; Lam, J. ; Cheng Tee Hiang ; Walia, Rhythm

Author_Institution

Inst. of Microelectronics

fYear

2004

fDate

7-7 Sept. 2004

Firstpage

121

Lastpage

125

Abstract

Optical network unit (ONU) and optical line terminal (OLT) are two basic device elements in an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON). To support an optical multi-point network, the multi-point control protocol (MPCP) is being standardized in the IEEE 802.3ah task force (Ethernet in the first mile -EFM) by defining a multi-point MAC control sublayer as an extension of the existing MAC control sublayer (2003). In this paper, the design and implementation of MPCP as part of ONU prototyping for EFM are described. The design is undertaken on a platform integrated with an ARM processor and FPGA. The discussions focus on methods to improve operation efficiency and hardware/firmware co-design with a well-defined interface

Keywords

field programmable gate arrays; hardware-software codesign; optical fibre LAN; optical fibre subscriber loops; protocols; Ethernet passive optical network; FPGA; IEEE 802.3ah task force; MPCP design; firmware codesign; hardware codesign; media access control; multipoint MAC control sublayer; multipoint control protocol; optical line terminal; optical multipoint network; prototyping optical network unit; Ethernet networks; Force control; Media Access Protocol; Optical control; Optical design; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Prototypes;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications Systems, 2004. ICCS 2004. The Ninth International Conference on

Conference_Location

Singapore, China

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8549-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCS.2004.1359351

Filename

1359351