Research Article

A Novel Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation Mechanism for Star-Ring-Based EPON

Table 1

Parameter definitions.

𝑇 c y c l e Maximum time in each cycle
𝐵 a v a i l a b l e Available bandwidth in cycle time
𝐵 r e m a i n Remaining available bandwidth
𝑅 E F 𝑖 EF bandwidth request of ONUi
𝑅 A F F I F O AF bandwidth request in FIFO Queue
𝑅 B E F I F O BE bandwidth request in FIFO Queue
𝐶 c a p a c i t y Link capacity
𝐺 E F 𝑖 , 𝑛 + 1 EF bandwidth granted of ONUi in cycle n + 1
𝐺 A F F I F O AF bandwidth granted in FIFO Queue
𝐺 B E F I F O BE bandwidth granted in FIFO Queue