Time Division Multiplexing-Passive Optical Networks(TDM-PONs)play a vital role in Fiberto-the-Home(FTTH)deployments.To improve the service quality of home networks,FTTH is expanding to the Fiber-to-the-Room(FTTR)scena...Time Division Multiplexing-Passive Optical Networks(TDM-PONs)play a vital role in Fiberto-the-Home(FTTH)deployments.To improve the service quality of home networks,FTTH is expanding to the Fiber-to-the-Room(FTTR)scenario,where fibers are deployed to connect individual rooms(i.e.,Fiber In-premises Network(FIN)in the ITU-T G.9940 standard).In this scenario,a point-to-multipoint(P2MP)fiber network is deployed as FTTR FIN to offer gigabit access to each room,which forms a two-tier cascaded network together with the FTTH segment.To optimize the capacity utilization of the cascaded network and reduce the overall system cost,a centralized architecture,known as Centralized Fixed Access Network(C-FAN),has been introduced.C-FAN centralizes the medium access control(MAC)modules of both the FTTH and FTTR networks at the FTTH’s Optical Line Terminal(OLT)for unified control and management of the cascaded network.We develop a unified bandwidth scheduling protocol by extending the ITU-T PON standard for both the upstream and downstream directions of C-FAN.We also propose a unified dynamic bandwidth allocation(UDBA)algorithm for efficient bandwidth allocation for multiple traffic flows in the two-tier cascaded network.Simulations are conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed control protocol and the UDBA algorithm.The results show that,in comparison to the conventional DBA algorithm,the UDBA algorithm can utilize upstream bandwidth more efficiently to reduce packet delay and loss,without adversely impacting downstream transmission performance.展开更多
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文摘Time Division Multiplexing-Passive Optical Networks(TDM-PONs)play a vital role in Fiberto-the-Home(FTTH)deployments.To improve the service quality of home networks,FTTH is expanding to the Fiber-to-the-Room(FTTR)scenario,where fibers are deployed to connect individual rooms(i.e.,Fiber In-premises Network(FIN)in the ITU-T G.9940 standard).In this scenario,a point-to-multipoint(P2MP)fiber network is deployed as FTTR FIN to offer gigabit access to each room,which forms a two-tier cascaded network together with the FTTH segment.To optimize the capacity utilization of the cascaded network and reduce the overall system cost,a centralized architecture,known as Centralized Fixed Access Network(C-FAN),has been introduced.C-FAN centralizes the medium access control(MAC)modules of both the FTTH and FTTR networks at the FTTH’s Optical Line Terminal(OLT)for unified control and management of the cascaded network.We develop a unified bandwidth scheduling protocol by extending the ITU-T PON standard for both the upstream and downstream directions of C-FAN.We also propose a unified dynamic bandwidth allocation(UDBA)algorithm for efficient bandwidth allocation for multiple traffic flows in the two-tier cascaded network.Simulations are conducted to evaluate the performance of the proposed control protocol and the UDBA algorithm.The results show that,in comparison to the conventional DBA algorithm,the UDBA algorithm can utilize upstream bandwidth more efficiently to reduce packet delay and loss,without adversely impacting downstream transmission performance.
