Title :
Analysis of a T/WDMA scheme with subframe tuning
Author :
Kovacevic, Mladen ; Gerla, Mario
Author_Institution :
Comput. Sci. Dept., UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Abstract :
A novel time and wavelength division multiple access (T/WDMA) scheme for an optical metropolitan area network based on a passive star is used. This scheme supports circuit switched traffic in an environment with a large number of users and a large number of applications with a relatively small bandwidth requirement (e.g., voice and compressed video). The scheme uses subframe tuning and pipelining in order to compensate for the relatively slow tuning speed of optical devices currently available. An analytical model is presented for the uniform, single rate point-to-point traffic case. The performance results illustrate the properties and effectiveness of the proposed T/WDMA scheme
Keywords :
circuit switching; metropolitan area networks; network topology; optical fibre networks; passive networks; pipeline processing; time division multiple access; tuning; wavelength division multiplexing; analytical model; circuit switched traffic; effectiveness; optical metropolitan area network; passive star; performance; pipelining; point-to-point traffic; subframe tuning; time and wavelength division multiple access; Bandwidth; Circuit optimization; Metropolitan area networks; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical tuning; Pipeline processing; Switching circuits; Telecommunication traffic; Video compression;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1993. ICC '93 Geneva. Technical Program, Conference Record, IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-0950-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1993.397473