DocumentCode
938883
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
Volume
11
Issue
5
fYear
1993
Firstpage
777
Lastpage
782
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;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0733-8724
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/50.233240
Filename
233240
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