Title :
Practical constraints in growth of lightwave networks
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1994
Abstract :
The amount of fiber required, propagation delay, and length of the longest link are significant constraints in spatially large networks. This paper examines these characteristics from the viewpoint of growth
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; lightwave networks; longest link length; optical fibre networks; optical fibre theory; propagation delay; spatially large networks; Bit rate; Costs; Disruption tolerant networking; Intelligent networks; Laboratories; Network topology; Optical fiber couplers; Photonics; Propagation delay; Telecommunication traffic;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1470-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1994.586615
