Performance of a robust WDM network with token based reservations and a limited number of lasers at a station

Author

Abd-Elmalak, Samir A. ; Vaishnav, Chtan ; Jayasumana, Anura P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

13-16 Oct 1996

Firstpage

508

Lastpage

516

Abstract

The performance of a symmetric robust WDM network that uses token-passing on the signaling channel and has a limited number of lasers per station is modeled and analyzed for circuit-switched connections. Robust WDM networks use a reservation interval during which all stations cease their WDM transmissions so that the station holding the token may establish a connection with its intended destination. The network performance is analyzed for different network parameters. Simulation results are used to evaluate the accuracy of the model

Keywords

circuit switching; lasers; network topology; optical fibre networks; protocols; telecommunication channels; telecommunication signalling; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM star network; WDM transmissions; circuit switched connections; lasers; model accuracy; network parameters; network performance; reservation interval; signaling channel; simulation results; symmetric robust WDM network; token based reservations; token passing; Access protocols; Circuits; Costs; Laser modes; Laser tuning; Power lasers; Robustness; Transmitters; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 1996., Proceedings 21st IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

ISSN

0742-1303

Print_ISBN

0-8186-7617-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.1996.558181

Filename

558181