Optical distribution channel: an `almost-all´ optical LAN based on the field-coding technique

Author

Haas, Zygmunt ; Gitlin, Richard D.

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA

fYear

1992

fDate

4-8 May 1992

Firstpage

57

Abstract

The authors introduce the design of the optical distribution channel, which serves as a local-area network and facilitates high-speed interconnection among heterogeneous machines in a way that is economically justifiable. In particular, they describe a design of an almost-all-optical local-area network that is capable of providing a gigabit per second transmission rate directly to the user. The network design is based on the 802.6 topology, a field coding technique in which the header and the data fields are encoded at different rates, and the principle of almost-all-optical switching

Keywords

encoding; local area networks; optical links; 802.6 topology; LAN; almost-all-optical local-area network; field coding; heterogeneous machines; high-speed interconnection; network design; optical distribution channel; Bandwidth; Delay; Environmental economics; High speed optical techniques; Local area networks; Optical design; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

INFOCOM '92. Eleventh Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications Societies, IEEE

Conference_Location

Florence

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0602-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/INFCOM.1992.263569

Filename

263569