Toward an efficient C-RAN optical fronthaul for the future networks: A tutorial on technologies, requirements, challenges, and solutions

IA Alimi, AL Teixeira, PP Monteiro - … Communications Surveys & …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The exponential traffic growth, demand for high speed wireless data communications, as
well as incessant deployment of innovative wireless technologies, services, and …

Efficient inter-thread scheduling scheme for long-reach passive optical networks

J Ahmed, J Chen, L Wosinska, B Chen… - IEEE …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
These days there is a clear trend toward extending the reach of passive optical networks to
cover large geographical areas, which enables reduction of the number of central offices …

Low-latency dynamic wavelength and bandwidth allocation algorithm for NG-EPON

SB Hussain, W Hu, H Xin, AM Mikaeil - Journal of Optical …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
Recently, the IEEE 802.3 ca Task Force has been working to standardize the next-
generation Ethernet passive optical network (NG-EPON) to fulfill future bandwidth demands …

Offline and online multi-thread polling in long-reach PONs: A critical evaluation

A Mercian, MP McGarry, M Reisslein - Journal of lightwave …, 2013 - opg.optica.org
Multi-thread polling (MTP) with offline scheduling and offline excess bandwidth distribution
has recently been proposed to overcome the long propagation delay of long-reach passive …

Flexible wavelength and dynamic bandwidth allocation for NG-EPONs

SB Hussain, W Hu, H Xin, AM Mikaeil… - Journal of Optical …, 2018 - opg.optica.org
Next-generation Ethernet passive optical networks (NG-EPON) allow optical network unit
(ONU) transmission scheduling concurrently on multiple wavelengths. This increases the …

Comprehensive bandwidth utilization and polling mechanism for XGPON

RA Butt, SM Idrus, N Zulkifli… - International Journal of …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
For an efficient utilization of the upstream bandwidth in passive optical network, a dynamic
bandwidth assignment mechanism is necessary as it helps the service providers in …

A survey of dynamic bandwidth assignment schemes for TDM-based passive optical network

RA Butt, M Waqar Ashraf, M Faheem… - Journal of Optical …, 2020 - degruyter.com
In time division, multiple access (TDMA)-based passive optical network (PONs), a dynamic
bandwidth assignment (DBA) is necessary for efficient utilization of the available bandwidth …

Multi-OLT and multi-wavelength PON-based open access network for improving the throughput and quality of services

M Hossen, M Hanawa - Optical switching and Networking, 2015 - Elsevier
Passive optical network (PON) provides enough bandwidth for combining multiple service
providers׳ in addition to the fiber to the home (FTTH) network. Multiple optical line terminals …

A new DBA algorithm for reducing delay and solving the over-granting problem of long reach PON

S Saha, M Hossen, M Hanawa - Optical Switching and Networking, 2019 - Elsevier
The main problem of the deployment of long reach passive optical network (LR-PON) is that
it suffers from larger propagation delay. Multi-thread polling (MTP) based dynamic …

Energy-efficient decentralized framework for the integration of fog with optical access networks

A Helmy, A Nayak - IEEE Transactions on Green …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The increasing numbers of broadband users and the corresponding rapid expansion of
access networks have been putting more pressure on improving their energy efficiency to …