Title :
Control of ATM traffic accessing SuperPONs
Author :
Angelopoulos, J.D. ; Koulouris, J.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Athens Nat. Tech. Univ., Greece
Abstract :
The SuperPON is an extension of the concept of the passive optical network (PON) based on the use of optical amplifiers which greatly increase the available power budget. This extra power is exploited to increase the range up to 100 km and the splitting ratio to reach 2000 network subscribers. The impact on the MAC of this high number of units compared with regular PONs is quite strong requiring the combination of quite different access mechanisms to satisfy the diverse quality requirements of residential services. Such a protocol is proposed
Keywords :
access protocols; asynchronous transfer mode; fibre lasers; optical fibre networks; telecommunication traffic; time division multiple access; 100 km; ATM traffic; MAC protocol; SuperPON; TDMA; access mechanisms; optical amplifiers; passive optical network; power budget; range; splitting ratio; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; Costs; Delay; Media Access Protocol; Optical attenuators; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Time division multiple access; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Computers and Communications, 1997. Proceedings., Second IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Alexandria
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7852-6
DOI :
10.1109/ISCC.1997.616069
