EPON versus APON and GPON: a detailed performance comparison
Journal of Optical Networking, Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 298-319 (2006)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/JON.5.000298
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Abstract
Feature Issue on Optical Ethernet (OE)
Ethernet passive optical network (EPON) efficiency issues in both upstream and downstream directions are discussed in detail, describing each component of the overall transmission overhead as well as quantifying their effect on the system's performance and comparing them with the other existing passive optical network (PON) access systems, namely, asynchronous transfer mode PON (APON) and generic framing PON (GPON). For EPON, two main transmission overhead groups are defined, namely, Ethernet encapsulation overhead and EPON-specific scheduling overhead. Simulations are performed using the source aggregation algorithm (SAA) to verify the Ethernet encapsulation overhead for various synthetic and measured packet size distributions (PSDs). A SAA based an EPON simulator is used to verify both upstream and downstream overall channel efficiencies. The obtained simulation results closely match the theoretical limits estimated based on the IEEE 802.3ah standard. An estimated throughput of 820 to 900 Mbits/s is available in the upstream direction, whereas in the downstream direction effective throughput ranges from 915 to 935 Mbits/s.© 2006 Optical Society of America
OCIS Codes
(060.4250) Fiber optics and optical communications : Networks
(060.4510) Fiber optics and optical communications : Optical communications
ToC Category:
Optical Ethernet
History
Original Manuscript: November 4, 2004
Revised Manuscript: January 9, 2006
Manuscript Accepted: December 28, 2005
Published: March 31, 2006
Virtual Issues
Optical Ethernet (2005) Journal of Optical Networking
Citation
Marek Hajduczenia, Henrique J. da Silva, and Paulo P. Monteiro, "EPON versus APON and GPON: a detailed performance comparison," J. Opt. Netw. 5, 298-319 (2006)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/jocn/abstract.cfm?URI=jon-5-4-298
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