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Integration of EPON and WiMAX

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The integration of EPON and WiMAX is a novel research topic that has received extensive interest from both industry and academia. The major motivations behind the integration of EPON and WiMAX involve the potential benefits of fixed mobile convergence (FMC), which uses a single network infrastructure to provide both wired and wireless access services, and a good match of capacity hierarchy between EPON and WiMAX by using EPON as a backhaul (or feeder) to connect multiple disperse WiMAX base stations. This chapter recaps recent progress in the area of integration of EPON and WiMAX. Three different integration architectures, including independent architectures, hybrid architectures, and microwave-over-fiber (MoF) architectures, are described. Based on these architectures, a range of planning and operational issues are discussed, including optimal passive optical network deployment to connect disperse WiMAX base stations, packet forwarding, bandwidth allocation and QoS support, handover operation for mobile users, survivability, and cooperative downstream transmission for broadcast services. We hope that this will interest readers and stimulate further investigation in the area.

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  1. ARC Special Research Centre for Ultra-Broadband Information Networks (CUBIN), Department Electrical and Electronic Engineering, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC 3010, Australia

    Gangxiang Shen & Rodney S. Tucker

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  1. Dept. Electrical & Computer, University of Western Ontario, Richmond Street North 1151, London, N6A 5B9, Canada

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  2. Inst. National de la Recherche, Université de Quebec, de la Gauchetiere Ouest 800, Montreal, H5A 1K6, Canada

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  3. Concordia Institute for Information, Concordia University, de Maisonneuve Blvd. West 1455, Montreal, H3G 1T7, Canada

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Shen, G., Tucker, R.S. (2009). Integration of EPON and WiMAX. In: Shami, A., Maier, M., Assi, C. (eds) Broadband Access Networks. Optical Networks. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-92131-0_14

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