Title :
Fair queuing with service envelopes (FQSE): a cousin-fair hierarchical scheduler for Ethernet PONs
Author :
Kramer, G. ; Banerjee, A. ; Singhal, N.K. ; Mukherjee, B. ; Dixit, S. ; Ye, Y.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
Non-hierarchical algorithms are not scalable for scheduling in EPON, while hierarchical algorithms do not provide fairness among the end consumers. This study presents a novel hierarchical EPON scheduler, which guarantees fairness among all subscribers.
Keywords :
optical fibre LAN; optical fibre subscriber loops; queueing theory; scheduling; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication services; EPON; Ethernet PON; fair queuing; hierarchical scheduler; service envelopes;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2004. OFC 2004
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-772-5
