Title :
A general method for the analysis of combined single-hop and multi-hop connection modes in MONETs
Author :
Borella, A. ; Chiaraluce, F.
Author_Institution :
Dipartimento di Elettronica e Autom., Ancona Univ., Italy
Abstract :
A general set of formulas is presented for the performance evaluation of multilevel optical networks. The reliability of the analytical model is verified by comparison with simulated results. In the mathematical approach, both the cases of uniform and non-uniform traffic distributions are considered, the former being useful to settle the procedure and the latter, more practical, to justify the multilevel approach. Comparison with simulations is limited to the non-uniform case. Multiaccess is guaranteed by a wavelength-time division multichannel allocation (WTDMA) protocol, so that the time is subdivided in transmission cycles and each node is assigned a slot to transmit its data packet using a specific wavelength
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; packet switching; telecommunication traffic; time division multiple access; wavelength division multiplexing; MONET; WTDMA protocol; analytical model; data packet transmission; multiaccess protocol; multihop connection modes; multilevel approach; multilevel optical networks; nonuniform traffic distribution; reliability; simulated results; single-hop connection modes; transmission cycles; uniform traffic distribution; wavelength-time division multichannel allocation; Analytical models; Broadcasting; Electronic mail; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Passive optical networks; Protocols; Spread spectrum communication; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;
Conference_Titel :
Electrotechnical Conference, 1996. MELECON '96., 8th Mediterranean
Conference_Location :
Bari
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-3109-5
DOI :
10.1109/MELCON.1996.551378
