Time slot switching for integrated services in fiber optic PBX/LAN

Author

Liu, Ming-Kang ; Messerschmitt, David G. ; Hodges, David A.

Author_Institution

Bell Commun. Res., Red Bank, NJ, USA

Volume

37

Issue

7

fYear

1989

fDate

7/1/1989 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

685

Lastpage

693

Abstract

A medium-access protocol called time-slot switching (TSS) is proposed for use in optical-fiber local area networks. This protocol incorporates features of time division, space division, and time compression for users to share a common medium. Very-large-integration (VLSI) CMOS electric crosspoints are used to switch traffic within individual time slots. With these features, data, voice, and video services can all be combined in a single network. In addition, the speed of the electronics can be maximized to match the available optical bandwidth. Operational principles of the TSS protocol are explained. A performance analysis is presented to show the tradeoffs among traffic capacity, frame guard time, blocking probability, and the results show that TSS is more attractive than broadcast protocols for voice traffic or constant-rate data traffic. An approach to integrating voice, data, and video traffic within TSS is also described

Keywords

local area networks; optical links; protocols; time division multiplexing; CMOS electric crosspoints; LAN; PBX; VLSI; blocking probability; fiber optic; frame guard time; integrated services; medium-access protocol; optical-fiber local area networks; space division; time compression; time division; time-slot switching; traffic capacity; Intserv networks; Local area networks; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Very large scale integration; Video sharing;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0090-6778

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/26.31160

Filename

31160