1st International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques for Communications, Networks and Systems

Research Article

Upstream traffic management in EPONs: a simulation based analysis

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2008.3093 ,
        author={M.Thanh  NGO and Kamal  GAKHAR and Annie  GRAVEY},
        title={Upstream traffic management in EPONs: a simulation based analysis},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques for Communications, Networks and Systems},
        publisher={ICST},
        proceedings_a={SIMUTOOLS},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={Ethernet Passive Optical Network polling protocol medium access control},
        doi={10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2008.3093 }
    }
    
  • M.Thanh NGO
    Kamal GAKHAR
    Annie GRAVEY
    Year: 2010
    Upstream traffic management in EPONs: a simulation based analysis
    SIMUTOOLS
    ICST
    DOI: 10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2008.3093
M.Thanh NGO1,*, Kamal GAKHAR1,*, Annie GRAVEY1,*
  • 1: Department of Computer Science,GET-ENST Bretagne, CS 83818, Brest, France.
*Contact email: mt.ngo@enst-bretagne.fr, kamal.gakhar@enst-bretagne.fr, annie.gravey@enst-bretagne.fr

Abstract

An access network architecture using Passive Optical Networks (PON) with Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation (DBA) is currently considered to be one of the most promising solutions to meet increasing traffic demands. Upstream traffic management in PONs is fairly complex, which implies using simulation methods to assess its effectiveness. This paper presents the characteristics of a generic simulation platform that is currently developed in our team to evaluate the performance characteristics of PONs DBAs and to assess the efficiency of their QoS support.