RINGO: demonstration of a WDM packet network architecture for metro applications

Author

Gaudino, Roberto

Author_Institution

Dipt. di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

6/24/1905 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

77

Abstract

This paper presents the work carried out by the Optical Communications Group at Politecnico di Torino in the framework of the RINGO project. The RINGO network is based on a WDM optical ring, with an input queuing access protocol and multicast capabilities. We start by presenting the RINGO architecture, protocol, and the experimental demonstration. Then, we compare our solution with both the "traditional" solutions (i.e. SONET/SDH rings) and with today\´s complex "truly all-optical" packet switched proposals.

Keywords

access protocols; metropolitan area networks; multicast protocols; network topology; optical fibre networks; packet switching; queueing theory; wavelength division multiplexing; Optical Communications Group; Politecnico di Torino; RINGO project; WDM; input queuing access protocol; metropolitan area networks; multicast protocol; optical ring; packet network architecture; Access protocols; Multicast protocols; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Proposals; SONET; Synchronous digital hierarchy; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Transparent Optical Networks, 2002. Proceedings of the 2002 4th International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7375-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICTON.2002.1009515

Filename

1009515