Title :
TeraNet: a multihop multichannel ATM lightwave network
Author :
Gidron, Rafael ; Temple, Adam
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
TeraNet is an experimental network which offers user access rates as high as one gigabit per second. The design principles of TeraNet incorporate three main concepts: a transmission medium that contains multiple channels, a system architecture that employs a multihop approach to routing packets, and a traffic control architecture that supports multiple traffic classes. The network contains a set of network interface units (NIUs) that are interconnected with passive optics. Each NIU is a two by two switch with an additional input and output port for user access. Output buffers and the bandwidth of the output links are shared according to a resource allocation concept called asynchronous time sharing (ATS). The packet format and routing procedure are compatible with the emerging asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) standard
Keywords :
optical links; optical switches; standards; time division multiplexing; 1 Gbit/s; ATM lightwave network; ATM standard; TeraNet; access rates; asynchronous time sharing; asynchronous transfer mode; bandwidth; experimental network; multihop multichannel network; multiple traffic classes; network interface units; packet format; passive optics; resource allocation; routing; system architecture; traffic control architecture; transmission medium; two by two switch; Asynchronous transfer mode; Communication system traffic control; Network interfaces; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical network units; Routing; Spread spectrum communication; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1991. ICC '91, Conference Record. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Denver, CO
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0006-8
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1991.162434
