RPR-EPON-WiMAX hybrid network: A solution for access and metro networks

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 173-188

  Ahmed, Abdou ^a   Shami, Abdallah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Admission control; Bandwidth allocation; EPON; Hybrid network; MAC protocol; QoS; Routing; RPR; Scheduler; Simulation; WiMAX

Indexed keywords

EPON; HYBRID NETWORK; MAC PROTOCOL; ROUTING; RPR; SCHEDULER; SIMULATION;

ACCESS CONTROL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ETHERNET; FAULT TOLERANCE; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; INTEGRATION; INTEROPERABILITY; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SCHEDULING; SUBWAYS; WIMAX;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84859193857     PISSN: 19430620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.4.000173     Document Type: Article

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