In this article, we give a detailed presentation of MAC defined within the IEEE 802.3ah Task Force, including multipoint control protocol (MPCP), Operation Administration Maintenance (OAM) and dynamic bandwidth allocation (DBA) algorithms.

• 本论文主要对EPON系统的MAC协议进行了深入的研究,包括多点控制协议MPCP(Multipoint Control Protocol)、OAM(Operation Administration Maintenance)协议、上行动态带宽分配算法DBA(Dynamic Bandwidth Allocation)的设计等。