Paper Info
Title
Delay Analysis of Converged Medium Transparent Fixed Service Optical-Wireless Networks.
Abstract
We demonstrate for the first time an analytical model for computing the end to end packet delay of an Optical/Wireless 60GHz Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) network operating under the Medium-Transparent MAC (MT-MAC) protocol. The model takes into account contention both at the optical and the wireless layer, effectively incorporating the MT-MAC mechanism for seamless and dynamic capacity allocation over both optical and wireless transmission media. Based on this model, we provide an extensive delay performance analysis of the Medium Transparent MAC protocol for various optical capacity availability scenarios, varying load conditions and optical network fiber lengths. The theoretical results are found to be in good agreement with respective simulation-based findings, confirming that the employment of Medium Transparent MAC protocols can allow for efficient incorporation of the MT-MAC scheme into the upcoming era of 5G mm-wave small-cell networks.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2016
IEEE Global Communications Conference
5G,Radio-over-Fiber,small cells,Medium-Transparent MAC,Delay analysis,non-saturation conditions,Integrated wired/wireless access
Field
DocType
ISSN
Optical fiber,Radio over fiber,Fixed service,Wireless,Delay analysis,Computer science,End-to-end principle,Network packet,Computer network,Optical wireless
Conference
2334-0983
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
5
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Kalfas, G.188.61
J. S. Vardakas29817.23
Nikos Pleros32523.69
Luis Alonso415215.86
Christos V. Verikoukis51348115.34