Title :
Application-aware software-defined EPON upstream resource allocation
Author :
Chitimalla, Divya ; Thota, Saigopal ; Savas, S. Sedef ; Sang-Soo Lee ; Han-Hyub Lee ; Soomyung Park ; Mukherjee, Biswanath
Author_Institution :
Univ. of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
We study an SDN-enabled EPON architecture that utilizes application information from clients to achieve superior upstream resource allocation. This leads to better quality of experience of video-conferencing clients which are high consumers of upstream bandwidth.
Keywords :
bandwidth allocation; optical fibre LAN; passive optical networks; quality of experience; resource allocation; software defined networking; teleconferencing; video communication; Ethernet passive optical network; SDN-enabled EPON architecture; application-aware software-defined EPON; quality of experience; upstream bandwidth; upstream resource allocation; video-conferencing clients; Bandwidth; EPON; IEEE 802.3 Standards; Optical network units; Passive optical networks; Resource management;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference and Exhibition (OFC), 2015
Conference_Location :
Los Angeles, CA
