Title | Supporting isochronous ATM traffic over IEEE 802.14 based HFC access networks |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 1998 |
Authors | Elfeitori, A. A., and H. Alnuweiri |
Conference Name | Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1998. IEEE Canadian Conference on |
Pagination | 625 -627 vol.2 |
Date Published | may. |
Keywords | access protocols, asynchronous transfer mode, bandwidth allocation, bandwidth utilization, cable television, CBR service, constant bit rate service, hybrid fiber coaxial access networks, hybrid fibre coax networks, IEEE 802.14 based HFC access networks, IEEE standards, Internet access, isochronous asynchronous transfer mode traffic, isochronous ATM traffic, MAC protocols, medium access control protocols, multi-service HFC network, network architecture, network topology, quality of service, real time voice traffic, telecommunication standards, voice telephony |
Abstract | We address the issue of supporting isochronous ATM traffic (e.g., real time (RT) voice traffic) over IEEE 802.14 based hybrid fiber coaxial (HFC) access networks. We propose a network architecture for a multi-service HFC network that can be used to support multiple services such as voice telephony and Internet access. Also, we propose enhancements to the 802.14 medium access control (MAC) protocols to facilitate supporting isochronous asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) traffic over HFC networks. In particular, we propose enhancements to the constant bit rate (CBR) service of 802.14 MAC protocol. We show that good quality of service, and enhanced bandwidth utilization are achieved using the proposed scheme. Our proposal facilitates the migration towards end-to-end ATM networks |
URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CCECE.1998.685574 |
DOI | 10.1109/CCECE.1998.685574 |