{"title":"Radio-over fiber to increase effective coverage of motorway access networks","authors":"W. Xing, Yue Li, Jinho Choi","doi":"10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447122","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447122","url":null,"abstract":"WiMAX is a standards-based wireless technology that provides high-throughput broadband connections over long distance. However, deploying conventional size of WiMAX BS on the motorway will lead to low effective coverage and wireless resource waste, in which a large proportion of wireless coverage areas may not have any traffic flow at all. This paper develops the optimized cell size first based on the certain width of motorway and the overlapping length between adjacent motor-picocells, and then supposes a system design and implementation through the combination of TDMA and RoF technologies. By converting conventional cells into motor-picocells of RAUs, the effective coverage can be improved greatly. Furthermore, four handover indicators are introduced to deal with the frequent handovers evolved among RAUs governed by single BS and handover between different BSs. A novel concept of TSD is introduced here to avoid co-channel interferences and make the system cost-effective.","PeriodicalId":393914,"journal":{"name":"2007 Second International Conference on Access Networks & Workshops","volume":"156 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132292831","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Delay analysis of ethernet passive optical networks with quasi-leaved polling and gated service scheme","authors":"Xiaofeng Bai, A. Shami, Y. Ye","doi":"10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447110","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447110","url":null,"abstract":"Ethernet passive optical networks (EPONs) have emerged as a promising solution for the next generation access networks. As this technology matures, intensive research work is underway to enhance its functional capability and economic viability. This work evaluates the performance of EPONs from the analytical perspective. Specifically, this study elaborates an analytical framework to explore the performance characteristic of EPONs with quasi-leaved polling operation and gated resource allocation policy. By investigating the temporal relationship of multiple events successively occurred in such a system, a graphical presentation is developed to facilitate more quantitative analysis. Using classical queuing theory, we then derive closed-form expression for the average packet queuing delay and average queue length of the researched EPON model. Simulation experiments show that the derived analytical expression can precisely evaluate the network performance for memoryless traffic inputs, as well as to closely estimate the performance of lightly loaded network for bursty input traffic profiles.","PeriodicalId":393914,"journal":{"name":"2007 Second International Conference on Access Networks & Workshops","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115618617","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Richárd Pallos, J. Farkas, I. Moldován, Csaba Lukovszki
{"title":"Performance of rapid spanning tree protocol in access and metro networks","authors":"Richárd Pallos, J. Farkas, I. Moldován, Csaba Lukovszki","doi":"10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447112","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447112","url":null,"abstract":"Ethernet provides a simple and low-cost solution at high bandwidth for access and metropolitan networks. The failover performance of bridges is indispensable of their applicability. Therefore, new IEEE protocols were developed and deployed in support of fast recovery. Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) is the current fault handling mechanism for generic topologies, which is included in the standards and implemented in each Ethernet bridge nowadays. There are many different statements about the recovery time of RSTP from the order of seconds down to the order of ten milliseconds. Most of these analyses only rely on simulation results assuming ideal conditions. This paper reports on the performance of RSTP in real environment. It presents an experimental performance analysis of RSTP based on measurement results from test networks comprising Ethernet bridges from various vendors. Basic processing times and hardware delays are deeply analyzed for small topologies and the performance of RSTP is then characterized for larger network topologies.","PeriodicalId":393914,"journal":{"name":"2007 Second International Conference on Access Networks & Workshops","volume":"141 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123145324","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Urbino wireless campus: A wide-area university wireless network to bridge digital divide","authors":"A. Bogliolo","doi":"10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447127","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447127","url":null,"abstract":"Urbino Wireless Campus (UWiC) is an open wireless access network promoted and implemented by the University of Urbino, in Italy, to virtually extend the University campus over the Montefeltro region, while providing also a significant contribution to bridge the digital divide and promote the widespread diffusion of online services and applications. UWiC has ranked first among the 82 wireless-campus projects submitted by all Italian universities to the Department of Innovation and Technology of Prime Minister's Office. The project was launched one year ago and most of its targets have already been met. This paper presents the project, discusses its technical, organizational, and economic aspects, and presents early results.","PeriodicalId":393914,"journal":{"name":"2007 Second International Conference on Access Networks & Workshops","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122523161","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A delay-based provisioning for Ethernet passive optical networks","authors":"A. Nouroozifar, H. Naser, Hussein T. Mouftah","doi":"10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447100","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447100","url":null,"abstract":"With the mass availability of Ethernet in local area networks (LANs) deployed globally and connecting LANs to metropolitan area networks (MANs) and wide area networks (WANs) via the current transport technologies there is a need to resolve bandwidth gap between access networks and transport networks. One of the proposals to overcome the famous last mile issue is to use a passive optical network (PON) for this networking segment. Varieties of access methods are under development to increase the offered potential transport capacity of passive optical networks (PONs). With the emergence of Ethernet as the convergence layer in access networks, a new breed of PON, namely Ethernet PON (EPON) has evolved. Ethernet passive optical network is one of the potential solutions, offering to solve the bottleneck issue of access networks and adaptability of carrying Ethernet frames from subscriber to service provider. In this study we will review Ethernet Passive Optical Networks (EPONs) and then we propose a delay-based provisioning algorithm to be able to offer differentiated services and QoS in EPON. Mathematical analysis and simulation results will be presented also.","PeriodicalId":393914,"journal":{"name":"2007 Second International Conference on Access Networks & Workshops","volume":"129 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121351296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A new control plane for next-generation WDM-PON access systems","authors":"M. Gagnaire, M. Koubàa","doi":"10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447099","url":null,"abstract":"Point-to-point or point-to-multipoint optical access systems are now considered as a viable alternative to xDSL technologies for broadband services. Point-to-multipoint WDM-PONs are the most advanced solution in this matter. Multiple architectures have been proposed since a few years for Next Generation WDM PON (NG-WDM-PON) operating on an hybrid TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) and WDMA (Wavelength Division Multiple Access) mode. For that purpose, three key optoelectronic devices are considered: reflective modulators, AWG (Arrayed Waveguide Gratings) routers and tunable transceivers. The major investigations in this domain are mainly focused on physical layer aspects and on MAC protocols. In this paper, we propose an original control plane for NG-WDM-PON operating at two timescales: microscopic and macroscopic. The former deals with traditional packet access whereas the latter aims at two objectives. The first objective is to assign connections to upstream optical channels in order to optimize network utilization. The latter enables to reallocate dynamically the number of optical channels to the various PONs of the system. Numerous numerical results are presented in order to outline the benefit of this control plane. It becomes then possible to shift optical resources among the various geographical areas of the system according to their medium term activity.","PeriodicalId":393914,"journal":{"name":"2007 Second International Conference on Access Networks & Workshops","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129183685","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Overcoming the digital divide in rural areas serving broadband profitably to as few as 25 subscribers","authors":"François Ménard, R. Proulx","doi":"10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447125","url":null,"abstract":"Providing fast wireless high-speed Internet access as well as primary line Voice over IP telephone service cost effectively and profitably, to as few as 25 subscribers located in rural areas, is an exercise of engineering of no small feat. Still, this is something the authors have achieved for numerous customers by namely leveraging the IEEE 802 Ethernet standards, leading to commercial success in rural Canada and believed to be reproducible throughout the world.","PeriodicalId":393914,"journal":{"name":"2007 Second International Conference on Access Networks & Workshops","volume":"128 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133635421","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enhancement of WiMAX downlink data rate using SDMA","authors":"N. H. Dawod, R. Hafez","doi":"10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447138","url":null,"abstract":"There is a market need for higher data rates than that offered by WiMAX. An algorithm that will greatly enhance, up to several times, the downlink data rate of WiMAX is proposed in this paper. We propose to use a SDMA signaling scheme over each tone with multi-user diversity based on inter-user correlations.","PeriodicalId":393914,"journal":{"name":"2007 Second International Conference on Access Networks & Workshops","volume":"115 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121370558","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Enforcing bandwidth allocation and traffic conformance in Passive Optical Networks","authors":"M. T. Ngo, A. Gravey","doi":"10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447102","url":null,"abstract":"Broadband Passive Optical Network (PON) technology is a promising approach to establish a cost-effective access network. It is intended to provide a simple, low cost, scalable solution capable of delivering broadband access to end users, by passively sharing a single optical fibre transmission system between several customers. While downstream traffic is broadcasted to all customers, the access of upstream traffic to the fibre has to be arbitrated in order to avoid collisions. This arbitration mechanism and more generally, bandwidth distribution and QoS Provisioning, have been left to the implementer. An ideal Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (DBA) should support both Committed Bandwidth and Best Effort services, with good control of the usual QoS characteristics (delay, jitter, loss) while utilizing the available bandwidth with good efficiency. It should also provide some isolation between end-users in order to offer a fair access to resources to all users. In this paper, we assume that each user negotiates classical traffic profiles for its upstream Committed Bandwidth traffic. We show that a DBA that does not take into account traffic conformance cannot isolate compliant users from non-compliant users, leading to QoS degradations of the upstream traffic for compliant users. We then propose a framework for taking into account the traffic conformance within the DBA used to arbitrate between users' demands. This study is illustrated on a priority based DBA designed for Ethernet Optical Networks (EPONs)","PeriodicalId":393914,"journal":{"name":"2007 Second International Conference on Access Networks & Workshops","volume":"2 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130831516","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"OFDM impairment mitigation techniques","authors":"B. Umasankar, Xavier N Fernando","doi":"10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447139","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESSNETS.2007.4447139","url":null,"abstract":"OFDM is an attractive option for high speed wired/wireless data transmission due to its inherent resistance to inter symbol interference (ISI). However, lack of frequency diversity makes it vulnerable to frequency selective impairments such as narrowband interference, frequency selective fading, frequency dependent attenuations etc. In this work, we describe a novel Adaptive Weighting (AW) technique as an efficient method to improve the BER performance of grouped linear constellation preceding (GLCP) OFDM which is used to achieve frequency diversity. In this method during maximum likelihood sequence detection (MLSD), the distance of the possible constellation points from the received symbols are weighted according to the SNR of each subcarrier before the sequence with the minimum distance is chosen. The proposed technique is shown to outperform previous GLCP-OFDM and GLCP-ACS (Adaptive Subcarrier Selection) OFDM over all SNR ranges at the expense of slightly increased complexity.","PeriodicalId":393914,"journal":{"name":"2007 Second International Conference on Access Networks & Workshops","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2007-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116745219","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}