Title :
Modeling and analysis of waiting time in a symmetric fast circuit switched robust-WDM LAN with an AR/LTP MAC protocol
Author :
El-Bawab, Tarek S. ; Jayasumana, Anura P.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA
Abstract :
The robust-WDM is proposed to realize wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) local area networks (LANs) in the presence of laser wavelength drifts. The approach of robust-WDM is to design access protocols that can exploit a new wavelength-tracking receiver. We introduce an analytical model that can be used as a tool to design robust-WDM LANs, and to predict and understand their performance characteristics. The model is designated for a class of these networks that relies on an aperiodic-reservation based access protocol and uses a token-passing control channel to organize the right to reserve among nodes
Keywords :
access protocols; circuit switching; optical fibre LAN; optical receivers; performance evaluation; wavelength division multiplexing; AR/LTP MAC protocol; access protocol design; analytical model; aperiodic-reservation based access protocol; laser wavelength drifts; local area networks; network nodes; performance characteristics; robust-WDM LAN; symmetric fast circuit switched LAN; token-passing control channel; waiting time analysis; waiting time modeling; wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength-tracking receiver; Access protocols; Analytical models; Laser stability; Laser tuning; Local area networks; Media Access Protocol; Robustness; Switching circuits; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1998. ICC 98. Conference Record. 1998 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4788-9
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1998.682666
