Performance Analysis of Bandwidth Allocation of Convergence of WiMAX and EPON

EPON is a high-capacity, high-speed broadband wired access technology, while the worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) which contains the characteristics of wide coverage, low-cost, is a promising wireless access technology counterpart. The two are complementary in many parts of the characteristics, so in order to exert the advantages of both, we deployed three model of convergence of WiMAX and EPON access network, and mainly focus on the analysis of the key issue of integrated system architecture -bandwidth allocation. The integrated network performance of bandwidth allocation and the support of different service flow have been evaluated through simulations with the OPNET modeler. The results showed that the deployment of a united connection-oriented structure of the integration network support the service flow with different requirement of delay best, and because of its connection-oriented features, it can provide QoS guarantee.