Performance of a baseband carrier-sense circuit for optical packet networks

Author

Wong, Elaine ; Summerfield, Mark A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Vic., Australia

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

91

Abstract

We have characterized our baseband carrier-sense circuit (BCSC) for use in future optical CSMA packet networks. The range of received optical power (ROP) for reliable operation at the circuit is bounded at the lower end where transmission collisions occur and at the higher end where transmission efficiency is compromised. A low low-pass filter (LPF) bandwidth benefits sensitivity, while a high LPF bandwidth benefits transmission efficiency. We found that for our BCSC implementation, an optimum LPF bandwidth exists that maximizes the operating range of ROP, but that the bandwidth dependence of this range is less than 1 dB between 100 kHz and 1 MHz

Keywords

carrier sense multiple access; low-pass filters; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; 100 kHz to 1 MHz; bandwidth dependence; baseband carrier-sense circuit; dynamic range; low-pass filter bandwidth; operating range; optical CSMA packet networks; received optical power; sensitivity; transmission collisions; transmission efficiency; wavelength division multiplexed packet networks; Bandwidth; Baseband; Circuits; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7105-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2001.969188

Filename

969188