AccessNets. Third International Conference on Access Networks, AccessNets 2008, Las Vegas, NV, USA, October 15-17, 2008. Revised Papers

Research Article

Wireless Channel Condition Aware Scheduling Algorithm for Hybrid Optical/Wireless Networks

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-04648-3_30,
        author={Ying Yan and Hao Yu and Lars Dittmann},
        title={Wireless Channel Condition Aware Scheduling Algorithm for Hybrid Optical/Wireless Networks},
        proceedings={AccessNets. Third International Conference on Access Networks, AccessNets 2008, Las Vegas, NV, USA, October 15-17, 2008. Revised Papers},
        proceedings_a={ACCESSNETS},
        year={2012},
        month={5},
        keywords={hybrid optical/wireless networks Ethernet passive optical networks (EPON) WiMAX resource allocation management dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) cost-function-based scheduling algorithm},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-04648-3_30}
    }
    
  • Ying Yan
    Hao Yu
    Lars Dittmann
    Year: 2012
    Wireless Channel Condition Aware Scheduling Algorithm for Hybrid Optical/Wireless Networks
    ACCESSNETS
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04648-3_30
Ying Yan1,*, Hao Yu1,*, Lars Dittmann1,*
  • 1: Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
*Contact email: Ying.Yan@fotonik.dtu.dk, Hao.Yu@fotonik.dtu.dk, Lars.Dittmann@fotonik.dtu.dk

Abstract

Recent research activities about hybrid optical wireless networks become attractive. In this paper, we provide an overview on integration of an Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) and a worldwide interoperability for microwave access (WiMAX) network. Gateway node that integrates both optical scheduling and wireless scheduling functions gains most interests. We promote a question: how the scheduler at optical network unit is affected by its wireless connections when ONUs transfer packets to optical line terminal. Scheduling algorithms have been proposed intensively in EPON system. However, the existing scheduling algorithms are only for either pure optical networks or pure wireless networks. Within this paper, we propose to design packet scheduling schemes that take wireless channel condition into account for the hybrid optical wireless networks. Our scheduling scheme is based on a cost function, which considers not only the packet transmission but also the radio link condition.