Configuration and performance for a WDM NAM network

Author

Grah, A.

Author_Institution

Commun. Res. Centre, Ottawa, Ont., Canada

fYear

1997

fDate

11-13 Aug. 1997

Firstpage

28

Lastpage

29

Abstract

At the Communications Research Centre, in collaboration with Nortel and the National Research Council, an eight wavelength Network Access Module (NAM) is currently under development. Such devices can be deployed so as to form an optoelectronic, regenerative, broadband ring backbone network for ATM traffic. This paper reports on the impact of wavelength assignment on the number of add/drop lines required at each NAM when configured in a ring topology. Additionally, system performance in the absence of adequate media access control on the ring is examined.

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; broadband networks; metropolitan area networks; network topology; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; wide area networks; ATM traffic; WDM NAM network; add/drop lines; configuration; eight wavelength Network Access Module; optoelectronic regenerative broadband ring backbone network; ring topology; system performance; wavelength assignment; Collaboration; Communication system traffic control; Councils; Media Access Protocol; Network topology; Spine; System performance; WDM networks; Wavelength assignment; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vertical-Cavity Lasers, Technologies for a Global Information Infrastructure, WDM Components Technology, Advanced Semiconductor Lasers and Applications, Gallium Nitride Materials, Processing, and Devi

Conference_Location

Montreal, Que., Canada

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3891-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.1997.619130

Filename

619130