Title :
Architecture and protocols for HORNET: a novel packet-over-WDM multiple-access MAN
Author :
White, I.M. ; Shrikhande, K. ; Rogge, M.S. ; Gemelos, S.M. ; Wonglumsom, D. ; Desa, G. ; Fukashiro, Y. ; Kazovksy, L.G.
Author_Institution :
Opt. Commun. Res. Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA
Abstract :
Future Internet technologies will cause an evolution in metropolitan area networks throughout the following decades. To keep pace with the development of Internet access technologies and devices, we have created a novel architecture called HORNET. Through the use of ultra-fast tunable transmitters and packet-over-WDM technology, HORNET is optimized for the metro area traffic of the future. We have developed a novel media access protocol and a novel survivability protocol for HORNET that we describe here. Also, we have generated successful experimental results, including a demonstration of the media access protocol and 4-ns wavelength switching durations in the tunable transmitter
Keywords :
Internet; access protocols; metropolitan area networks; optical transmitters; packet switching; telecommunication network reliability; wavelength division multiplexing; HORNET; Internet access; Internet technologies; architecture; media access protocol; metro area traffic; metropolitan area networks; packet-over-WDM multiple-access MAN; protocols; survivability protocol; ultra-fast tunable transmitters; wavelength switching; IP networks; Internet; Laboratories; Media Access Protocol; Metropolitan area networks; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; Telecommunication traffic; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2000. GLOBECOM '00. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6451-1
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2000.891345
