TeraNet: a multihop multichannel ATM lightwave network

Author

Gidron, Rafael ; Temple, Adam

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

23-26 Jun 1991

Firstpage

602

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1991. ICC '91, Conference Record. IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Denver, CO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0006-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1991.162434

Filename

162434