Title :
Broadband optical network technology for next generation LAN and access systems
Author :
Rauschenbach, Kristin ; Modiano, Eytan ; Hall, Katie ; Finn, Steve ; Moores, John
Author_Institution :
Lincoln Lab., MIT, Lexington, MA, USA
Abstract :
For local and metropolitan area networks, some recently developed optical processing may be used for packet routing at data rates to 100 Gbis and higher per user. These optical time-division multiplexed (OTDM) single channel local or metropolitan area network may have the same capacity as a number of WDM lower rate channels. However, OTDM networks can provide potential improvements in terms of user access time, delay, and throughput for bursty traffic. To compare and contrast OTDM with WDM we describe architecture and technology for single-stream 100 Gb/s local/metropolitan area shared media networks
Keywords :
broadband networks; metropolitan area networks; optical fibre LAN; optical fibre subscriber loops; telecommunication network routing; time division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; 100 Gbit/s; OTDM networks; WDM lower rate channels; access systems; broadband optical network technology; metropolitan area networks; next generation LAN; optical time-division multiplexed; packet routing; shared media networks; Delay effects; Local area networks; Metropolitan area networks; Next generation networking; Optical fiber networks; Routing; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Urban areas; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1998. LEOS '98. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Orlando, FL
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4947-4
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1998.739543
