Title :
Bidirectional fibre optic loop-structured network
Author :
Ito, Katsuyoshi ; Umeda, Yoshiaki ; Sugiyama, Yasuo ; Nakajima, Kunio ; Oshima, Kazuyoshi ; Nunoshita, Masahiro
Author_Institution :
Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, Communication Laboratory, Amagasaki, Japan
Abstract :
A basic bidirectional fibre optic loop-structured network configuration which provides an automatic recovery mechanism against a line failure and employs WDM-TDMA techniques for signal multiplexing is presented. Experimental results of a prototype of such a network are also described.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical links; time division multiplexing; TDM; automatic recovery mechanism; bidirectional fibre optic loop-structured network; line failure; wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19810061
