Delay sensitive routing algorithm

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Ali, Asad^; | Ali, Kanza

Affiliations: Faculty of Information and Communication Technologies, Balochistan University of Information Technology, Engineering and Management Sciences, Quetta, Pakistan. E-mails: {asad.ali, kanza.ali}@buitms.edu.pk

Note: [] Corresponding author. Tel.: +92 300 3871078; E-mail: asad.ali@buitms.edu.pk

Abstract: Hybrid Wireless Optical Broadband Access Networks (WOBAN) are the cost effective solution to overcome the increasing demand of the bandwidth. However, there is significant mismatch in the performance of the wireless and optical part. In the wireless part of WOBAN, a packet has to travel through several hops due to which the data packet has to incur a significant delay. In this paper we propose a Delay Sensitive Routing Algorithm (DSRA) which significantly reduces the delay in the wireless part. The proposed DSRA treats the data on the basis of delay sensitivity. Simulation results show a significant improvement in the overall performance of WOBAN.

Keywords: WOBAN, fiber-wireless networks, routing algorithm, delay, delay sensitive

DOI: 10.3233/JHS-140502

Journal: Journal of High Speed Networks, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 253-262, 2014