Title :
All-optical bidirectional Manhattan networks
Author :
Marsan, M. Ajmone ; Abertengo, G. ; Francese, A. ; Leonardi, E. ; Neri, F.
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Abstract :
The authors showed previously that very simple wavelength switches are sufficient for the implementation of unidirectional all-optical Manhattan networks. They illustrate that similar components can be used for the implementation of bidirectional all-optical Manhattan networks, with the advantage of a significant reduction in the number of nodes traversed by the user data, with a much smaller power loss. The basic ideas on which bidirectional all-optical Manhattan networks are based are described along with the node architecture
Keywords :
optical links; telecommunication networks; bidirectional all-optical Manhattan networks; node architecture; All-optical networks; Circuit topology; High speed optical techniques; Network topology; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical losses; Optical packet switching; Packet switching; Proposals;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1992. ICC '92, Conference record, SUPERCOMM/ICC '92, Discovering a New World of Communications., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Chicago, IL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0599-X
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1992.267999
