Optical backbone and control of attocell network

Abstract

For serving futuristic applications like distributed robotic systems with robots equipped with humanoid intelligence, wireless access to high-performance computing resources should be provided. For this purpose, a very dense wireless network, referred to as attocell network, consisting of radio cells typically less than 1 m$$^{2}$$, and antennas integrated in the floor tiles has been proposed. To serve these small cells, we propose several architectures for the backbone network using radio over fiber-based technology. In addition, we propose a MAC protocol based on simple polling approach to compute the splitting ratio for various cell sizes based on the network load for a delay requirement of 10 $$\upmu \hbox {s}$$. We propose an analytical model for the same to validate the results obtained from the simulation. The cost analysis of these architectures is also presented. Based on this, we give some general design recommendations of an attocell network.