Performance analysis of the Rainbow WDM optical network prototype

Author

Jue, Jason P. ; Borella, Michael S. ; Mukherjee, Biswanath

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA

Volume

14

Issue

5

fYear

1996

fDate

6/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

945

Lastpage

951

Abstract

Rainbow is a prototype optical metropolitan area network (MAN) developed at IBM. It employs wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) on a fiber-optic, passive-star network topology, with each station equipped with a laser, which is fixed tuned to its own unique wavelength, and a Fabry-Perot filter, which is tunable across all wavelengths. This paper presents a model and analysis of the protocol used in the Rainbow prototype using the equilibrium point analysis (EPA) technique. We examine the system´s throughput and how it is affected by various system parameters such as message arrival rate, message length, and timeout duration. We show that, for a given arrival rate, there is a timeout duration that will yield the optimal throughput. The analytical results are verified by simulation

Keywords

access protocols; metropolitan area networks; network topology; optical fibre networks; optical filters; optical receivers; optical transmitters; performance evaluation; tuning; wavelength division multiplexing; Fabry-Perot filter; Rainbow WDM optical network prototype; analytical results; equilibrium point analysis; fiber optic network; laser; medium access protocol; message arrival rate; message length; optical MAN; optical metropolitan area network; optimal throughput; passive-star network topology; performance analysis; simulation; station; system parameters; system throughput; timeout duration; wavelength; wavelength-division multiplexing; Fiber lasers; Metropolitan area networks; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Performance analysis; Prototypes; Throughput; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.510918

Filename

510918