Title :
An efficient MAC protocol for asynchronous ONUs in OFDMA PONs
Author :
Zhang, Jingjing ; Wang, Ting ; Ansari, Nirwan
Author_Institution :
NEC Labs. America, Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
We propose an efficient MAC protocol for OFDMA PONs that eliminates the synchronization requirement of ONUs and also exploits the statistical multiplexing gain among traffic of all ONUs for high performances in throughput and delay.
Keywords :
access protocols; delays; frequency division multiple access; passive optical networks; statistical multiplexing; telecommunication traffic; MAC protocol; OFDMA PON; asynchronous ONU; delay; optical network units; orthogonal frequency division multiple access; passive optical networks; statistical multiplexing gain; telecommunication traffic; Delay; Media Access Protocol; Multiplexing; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Synchronization; Throughput;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-0213-6
