Upstream polling protocols for flow control in PON/xDSL hybrid access networks

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 64, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 2971-2984

  Mercian, Anu ^a   Gurrola, Elliott I ^b   Aurzada, Frank ^c   McGarry, Michael P ^b   Reisslein, Martin ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b University of Texas at El Paso   (United States)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Access protocols; internetworking; multiaccess communication; optical fiber communication

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; BROADBAND NETWORKS; DROPS; DSL; FLOW CONTROL; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MODEMS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBER COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL FIBERS; RECONFIGURABLE HARDWARE; TELECOMMUNICATION LINES; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELEPHONE LINES;

ACCESS PROTOCOLS; CUSTOMER PREMISE EQUIPMENTS; EXTENSIVE SIMULATIONS; FLOW CONTROL PROTOCOL; INTERNETWORKING; MULTI-ACCESS COMMUNICATIONS; OPTICAL NETWORK UNITS; TRANSMISSION BIT-RATE;

PASSIVE OPTICAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84978663449     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2016.2576450     Document Type: Article

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