An integrated corporate backbone providing packet and fixed-bandwidth services

Author

Mollenauer, James F. ; Helbers, Jan H.

Author_Institution

Artel Commun. Corp., Hudson, MA, USA

fYear

1990

fDate

30 Sep-3 Oct 1990

Firstpage

33

Lastpage

38

Abstract

A 100-Mb/s fiber-optic ring is discussed. It uses low-level time-division multiple access (TDMA) that permits division of the bandwidth into bands of 25 or 50 Mb/s capacity. These operate independently and may carry either Ethernet/802.3 frames or transparent T1 traffic. The system is examined in the context of integrated services networks, since it provides both packet-based and fixed-bandwidth services over a ring circumference ranging up to 100 miles. As such it is a precursor to metropolitan area networks that are now emerging. Applications and lessons learned are presented

Keywords

optical fibres; optical links; packet switching; time division multiple access; token networks; 100 Mbit/s; Ethernet/802.3; fiber-optic ring; fixed-bandwidth services; integrated corporate backbone; integrated services networks; packet services; ring circumference; time-division multiple access; transparent T1 traffic; Bandwidth; Context-aware services; FDDI; Metropolitan area networks; Optical fiber communication; Planning; Protocols; Spine; Telecommunication traffic; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks, 1990. Proceedings., 15th Conference on

Conference_Location

Minneapolis, MN

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2109-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCN.1990.128637

Filename

128637