Title :
Online upstream scheduling and wavelength assignment algorithms for WDM-EPON networks
Author :
Kanonakis, Konstantinos ; Tomkos, Ioannis
Author_Institution :
High-Speed Networks & Opt. Commun. Group, Athens Inf. Technol., Athens, Greece
Abstract :
We show that efficiency problems arise when online scheduling and wavelength assignment is employed in WDM-EPON networks and propose algorithms for minimizing their effect, leading to improved capacity utilization and consequently reduced frame delay.
Keywords :
optical fibre LAN; scheduling; wavelength assignment; wavelength division multiplexing; Ethernet passive optical networks; capacity utilization; frame delay reduction; online upstream scheduling; wavelength assignment; wavelength division multiplexing; Electronic mail; High-speed networks; Information technology; Optical fiber communication; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Propagation delay; Scheduling algorithm; Wavelength assignment; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2009. ECOC '09. 35th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5096-1
