Architecture and protocols for HORNET: a novel packet-over-WDM multiple-access MAN

Author

White, I.M. ; Shrikhande, K. ; Rogge, M.S. ; Gemelos, S.M. ; Wonglumsom, D. ; Desa, G. ; Fukashiro, Y. ; Kazovksy, L.G.

Author_Institution

Opt. Commun. Res. Lab., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

1298

Abstract

Future Internet technologies will cause an evolution in metropolitan area networks throughout the following decades. To keep pace with the development of Internet access technologies and devices, we have created a novel architecture called HORNET. Through the use of ultra-fast tunable transmitters and packet-over-WDM technology, HORNET is optimized for the metro area traffic of the future. We have developed a novel media access protocol and a novel survivability protocol for HORNET that we describe here. Also, we have generated successful experimental results, including a demonstration of the media access protocol and 4-ns wavelength switching durations in the tunable transmitter

Keywords

Internet; access protocols; metropolitan area networks; optical transmitters; packet switching; telecommunication network reliability; wavelength division multiplexing; HORNET; Internet access; Internet technologies; architecture; media access protocol; metro area traffic; metropolitan area networks; packet-over-WDM multiple-access MAN; protocols; survivability protocol; ultra-fast tunable transmitters; wavelength switching; IP networks; Internet; Laboratories; Media Access Protocol; Metropolitan area networks; Optical fiber communication; Optical transmitters; Telecommunication traffic; Tunable circuits and devices; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2000. GLOBECOM '00. IEEE

Conference_Location

San Francisco, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6451-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2000.891345

Filename

891345