Title :
Optical bridges for fiber optic local area networks
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Kowloon, Hong Kong
Abstract :
The author discusses the problem of designing high-speed fiber-optic LANs. A brief description of the architecture of a bridge is given, and its conceptual design is provided. Optical logic gates, which are the basic elements in designing optical digital circuits, are introduced. The design of an all-optical storage device, which is the basic component of the buffering system in a bridge, is shown. The design and operation of electronic shift registers and optical shift registers are explained. These optical shift registers constitute the whole buffering system in a bridge. The implementation of an optical lookup table needed for packet processing in a bridge is provided.<>
Keywords :
local area networks; optical fibres; optical links; shift registers; table lookup; all-optical storage device; buffering system; electronic shift registers; fiber optic local area networks; optical bridges; optical digital circuits; optical logic gates; optical lookup table; optical shift registers; Bridge circuits; Buffer storage; High speed optical techniques; Optical buffering; Optical design; Optical fiber LAN; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Shift registers;
Conference_Titel :
CompEuro '92 . 'Computer Systems and Software Engineering',Proceedings.
Conference_Location :
The Hague, Netherlands
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-2760-3
DOI :
10.1109/CMPEUR.1992.218467
