DocumentCode
855578
Title
Tree structured fiber optics MANs
Author
Gerla, Mario ; Fratta, Luigi
Author_Institution
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
Volume
6
Issue
6
fYear
1988
fDate
7/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
934
Lastpage
943
Abstract
A fiber-optic architecture, Tree-Net, is introduced that does not require intermediate processing components and supports a large number of stations. Tree-Net is based on a tree topology, passive station taps, and implicit token protocol. The properties and performance of Tree-Net are evaluated. It is shown that the basic topology and access scheme of Tree-Net can be extended so that a family of tree-structured fiber-optic MANs (metropolitan area networks) can be defined to suit different needs, including data, voice, and video integration
Keywords
computer networks; optical links; MAN; Tree-Net; fiber-optic architecture; metropolitan area networks; passive station taps; token protocol; tree topology; Bandwidth; Bridges; Metropolitan area networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Packet switching; Telecommunication network reliability; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8716
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/49.1956
Filename
1956
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