Timing and dispersion in WDM optical star networks

Author

Semann, G. ; Humblet, Pierre

Author_Institution

Lab. for Inf. & Decision Syst., MIT, Cambridge, MA, USA

fYear

1993

fDate

1993

Firstpage

573

Abstract

Different physical aspects that should be taken into consideration when transmitting packets in a slotted star network using wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) are discussed. It is shown that, due to the effect of the dispersion, some padding is necessary as well as a limit on the size of the network. A method for synchronizing the transmission of slots on the different wavelengths is presented. This method is almost insensitive to the relative lengths of the transmit and receive fibers

Keywords

optical links; packet switching; synchronisation; telecommunication networks; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM optical star networks; dispersion; packet switching; padding; receive fibers; slotted star network; synchronisation; timing; transmission of slots; transmit fibers; wavelength-division multiplexing; Access protocols; Dispersion; Frequency synchronization; Intelligent networks; Optical fiber networks; Proposals; Switches; Timing; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '93. Proceedings.Twelfth Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies. Networking: Foundation for the Future, IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-3580-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1993.253316

Filename

253316