Demonstration of a low latency bandwidth allocation mechanism for mission critical applications in virtual PONs with P4 programmable hardware

TL;DR

This paper demonstrates a real-time, low-latency bandwidth allocation mechanism for virtual PONs, combining P4 programmable hardware and software-based virtual DBA to optimize for mission-critical applications.

Contribution

It introduces a novel hybrid P4-based and software virtual DBA mechanism specifically designed for low latency in virtual PON environments.

Findings

Achieved reduced latency in bandwidth allocation

Demonstrated effective integration of P4 hardware and software DBA

Validated performance improvements for mission-critical applications

Abstract

We provide a real-time demonstration of a low-latency PON DBA mechanism, optimised for virtual PONs. Our implementation mixes P4 programmable data plane and software-based virtual DBA to provide efficient fast-track allocation for low latency applications