aSchool of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, Singapore
Abstract:
In this paper, an effective medium access control protocol is proposed for Ethernet passive optical networks. By combining the bandwidth guarantee polling (BGP) scheme with the strict priority queuing (SPQ) mechanism, the proposed solution can greatly mitigate the light-load penalty while supporting differentiated services. The performance of the proposed solution has been demonstrated by the simulation results.