Delay Performance Optimization in Passive Optical Network

Delay is one of the most important performance indication parameters for fifth-generation (5G) and beyond communication systems. Passive optical network (PON) is gaining attention and being considered as a conjugating part of optical and wireless technology. This conjugation aims to maintain strict delay requirements in PON systems. This work investigates the relation among various delay performance parameters such as the number of optical network units, number of time slots, throughput, and bandwidth in a PON system. Different delay parameters are analyzed mathematically as well as numerically. The analyses show the ways to optimize the delay parameters. The performance analyses prove that the delay affecting parameters can be optimized as the delay requirement.