Online Upstream Scheduling and Wavelength Assignment Algorithms for WDM-EPON Networks

Conference: ECOC 2009 - 35th European Conference on Optical Communication
09/20/2009 - 09/24/2009 at Vienna, Austria

Proceedings: ECOC 2009

Pages: 2Language: englishTyp: PDF

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Authors:
Kanonakis, Konstantinos; Tomkos, Ioannis (High-Speed Networks and Optical Communications Group, Athens Information Technology, Athens, Greece)

Abstract:
We show that efficiency problems arise when online scheduling and wavelength assignment is employed in WDM-EPON networks and propose algorithms for minimizing their effect, leading to improved capacity utilization and consequently reduced frame delay.