Title :
Medium access control protocols for robust wavelength division multiplexed local area networks
Author :
El-Bawab, T.S. ; Vaishnav, Cliintaii ; Jayasumana, Anura P. ; Temkin, H. ; Sauer, J.R. ; Willebrand, Heiniz A.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
The wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) network architectures, in general, are based on transmitters and/or receivers that can be precisely, and speedily, tuned to predetermined, fixed wavelengths. These requirements are not easy to meet in practice. Robust WDM networks do not rely on fixed wavelength channels. Any node that requires a connection with another node dynamically selects a currently unused wavelength in the spectrum. Two medium access control protocols for robust WDM networks are presented and evaluated
Keywords :
access protocols; optical fibre LAN; wavelength division multiplexing; local area networks; medium access control protocols; optical LAN; robust WDM networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Access protocols; Costs; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Robust control; Robustness; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1996. ICC '96, Conference Record, Converging Technologies for Tomorrow's Applications. 1996 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Dallas, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3250-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1996.541380
