WiGEE: A Hybrid Optical/Wireless Gigabit WLAN

Author

Chen, Tao ; Woesner, Hagen ; Ye, Yabin ; Chlamta, Imrich

Author_Institution

CREATE-NET, Trento

fYear

2007

fDate

26-30 Nov. 2007

Firstpage

321

Lastpage

326

Abstract

In this paper we propose a novel architecture integrating a fiber optic infrastructure with 60 GHz wireless transmission, capable of delivering a data rate up to 1 Gbps per cell in indoor environment. The system uses a hybrid WDM/TDM PON as the fixed infrastructure and the 60 GHz radio to provide the end user access and mobility. A centralized medium access control mechanism derived from IEEE 802.3ah is adopted for efficient channel access and bandwidth allocation. The use of standard components and the dynamic bandwidth allocation across wireless cells makes the system a strong candidate for future gigabit wireless LANs.

Keywords

access protocols; bandwidth allocation; cellular radio; indoor radio; optical fibre networks; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; wireless LAN; wireless channels; MAC protocol; WiGEE network; centralized medium access control mechanism; channel access; dynamic bandwidth allocation; end user access; fiber optic infrastructure; frequency 60 GHz; hybrid WDM-TDM PON; hybrid optical-wireless gigabit WLAN; indoor environment; network mobility; passive optical networks; wireless cells; wireless transmission; Channel allocation; Costs; Ethernet networks; Integrated optics; Media Access Protocol; Passive optical networks; Radio frequency; Time division multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2007. GLOBECOM '07. IEEE

Conference_Location

Washington, DC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1042-2

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-1043-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2007.67

Filename

4410977