Fibre-to-The-Room (FTTR) has been deployed since 2020, using Wi-Fi and optical fibre technologies within the user premises to deliver gigabit-per-second access speeds. A key challenge of this system is having the multiple Wi-Fi access points (APs) work as a team. This talk will describe a centralized control architecture provided by the FTTR main fiber unit (MFU). The numerous sub-fiber units (SFUs) are thereby reduced in size weight and power. A coordinated scheduling scheme is proposed to enhance the traditional CSMA/CA method, which delivers impressive performance improvements. Various typical FTTR scenarios are evaluated to show the advantage gained from Wi-Fi coordination.
