A naturally intelligent lightwave communication network

Author

Khasnabish, Bhumip ; Ahmadi, Majid ; Shridhar, Malayappan ; Thulasiraman, Krishnaiyan

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Windsor Univ., Ont., Canada

fYear

1991

fDate

2-5 Dec 1991

Firstpage

1050

Abstract

A four-layer architecture in contrast to the standard seven-layer open system interconnection (OSI) structure for naturally intelligent lightwave-communication networks (NILiNs) is presented. These networks use WDM (wavelength division multiplexed) optical fibers as transmission media, operate as slotted networks, usually have zone-wise regular topologies, and are easily extendable. The authors provide an introduction to network design and operation and present some preliminary results obtained regarding the integrated network access (of new packets) and outgoing link assignment (to the transit packets) schemes which have been investigated

Keywords

intelligent networks; network topology; neural nets; optical links; packet switching; wavelength division multiplexing; NILiN; WDM; four-layer architecture; integrated network access; naturally intelligent lightwave-communication networks; network design; network operation; neural networks; new packets; optical fibers; outgoing link assignment; packet switching; slotted networks; transit packets; transmission media; wavelength division multiplexing; zone-wise regular topologies; Communication networks; Computer architecture; Computer networks; ISO standards; Intelligent networks; Open systems; Optical buffering; Optical fibers; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 1991. GLOBECOM '91. 'Countdown to the New Millennium. Featuring a Mini-Theme on: Personal Communications Services

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

Print_ISBN

0-87942-697-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.1991.188538

Filename

188538