abstract: Access Networks provide the backbone to the Internet connecting the end-users to
the core network thus forming the most important segment for connectivity. Access
Networks have multiple physical layer medium ranging from fiber cables, to DSL links
and Wireless nodes, creating practically-used hybrid access networks. We explore the
hybrid access network at the Medium ACcess (MAC) Layer which receives packets
segregated as data and control packets, thus providing the needed decoupling of data
and control plane. We utilize the Software Defined Networking (SDN) principle of
centralized processing with segregated data and control plane to further extend the
usability of our algorithms. This dissertation introduces novel techniques in Dynamic
Bandwidth allocation, control message scheduling policy, flow control techniques and
Grouping techniques to provide improved performance in Hybrid Passive Optical Networks (PON) such as PON-xDSL, FiWi etc. Finally, we study the different types of
software defined algorithms in access networks and describe the various open challenges and research directions. / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Electrical Engineering 2015
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:36494 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Contributors | Mercian, Anu (Author), Reisslein, Martin (Advisor), McGarry, Michael P (Committee member), Tepedelenlioglu, Cihan (Committee member), Zhang, Yanchao (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher) |
| Source Sets | Arizona State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral Dissertation |
| Format | 198 pages |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved |
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