Title :
A prototype circuit-switched multi-wavelength optical metropolitan-area network
Author :
Janniello, Frank J. ; Ramaswami, Rajiv ; Steinberg, David G.
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
Abstract :
A description is given of Rainbow, a prototype optical network based on wavelength-division multiaccess (WDMA). Rainbow supports full-duplex circuit-switched interconnection of up to 32 workstations over a diameter of 25 km, at sustained bit rates of up to 300 Mb/s per connection, allowing a total network capacity of 9.6 Gb/s. Different connections are transparent to each other and may use different protocols and bit rates
Keywords :
circuit switching; digital communication systems; metropolitan area networks; multi-access systems; optical links; protocols; 25 km; 300 Mbit/s; 9.6 Gbit/s; MAN; Rainbow; WDMA; computer networks; full-duplex circuit-switched interconnection; metropolitan-area network; network capacity; optical network; wavelength-division multiaccess; Bit rate; FDDI; Integrated circuit interconnections; Microchannel; Optical fiber networks; Optical transmitters; Protocols; Prototypes; Wavelength division multiplexing; Workstations;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
