A Resource Provisioning Framework Overview for a Joint Optical/Wireless Transport Network (JOWTN)

As data traffic levels surge globally, research is intensifying toward designing high-capacity Data Transport networks that will maximally utilize photonics-electronics convergence. The focus is mainly on defining appropriate architectures and network services to accommodate the diverse traffic types with consistent performance objectives such as provisioning ultra-high capacity, high connectivity, and extremely low latencies for critical mission delay-sensitive services. Thus, we define an appropriate modern JOWTN and propose a joint resource allocation scheme considering 5G/7G scenarios. A model for dimensioning the available resources in the wireless and optical domain sections is also overviewed. Finally, the proposed scheme's performance is validated by way of simulation.