Journal
JOURNAL OF LIGHTWAVE TECHNOLOGY
Volume 35, Issue 18, Pages 3945-3955Publisher
IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2017.2723521
Keywords
Delay analysis; integrated wired/wireless access; medium-transparent MAC; non-saturation conditions; radio-over-fiber; small cells; 5G
Funding
- Marie-Curie project COMANDER [612257]
- AGAUR [2014 5GR 1551]
- CellFive [TEC2014-60130-P]
- 5G-PHOS [761989]
- 5G STEP FW [722429]
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In this paper, we demonstrate an analytical model for computing the end-to-end packet delay of a converged optical/ wireless 60 GHz Radio-over-Fiber (RoF) network operating under the medium-transparent MAC (MT-MAC) protocol. For the calculation of the cycle times, this model considers the protocol time consumed for contention and data exchange over both optical and wireless media, a feature of the MT-MAC that effectively enables it to provide direct and seamless interaction between the RoF Central Office and the end users. This new analytical model enables us to conduct an extensive delay performance analysis of the various performance aspects of hybrid RoF networks operating under the fixed service paradigm, such as various optical capacity availability scenarios, varying load conditions, optical network ranges, transmission window lengths, and data packet sizes. The derived theoretical results present an excellent match with the respective simulation findings, providing sub millisecond latency values for a plethora of network conditions, confirming that the MT-MAC scheme can effectively be incorporated into the upcoming mmwave 5G era.
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