SDH link rate calculation for connecting multiple Ethernets

Author

Ge, Liangwei ; Jin, Depeng ; Zeng, Lieguang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Tsinghua Univ., Beijing, China

Volume

2

fYear

2002

fDate

29 June-1 July 2002

Firstpage

1297

Abstract

As the throughput of Ethernet migrates from 10/100 Mbps to Gigabits, users´ desire to expand Ethernet scope grows simultaneously. However, the CSMA/CD mechanism restricts the maximum scope of Ethernet. Therefore, utilizing SDH/SONET, a technology for transmitting data over long distance, to overcome such limit has become promising. Different from the common solutions, which only support point-to-point connection of two Ethernets, the solution proposed here is applicable to more complex network topology. In addition, a model for the traffic generated by multiplexed hosts is put forward and the transmission rate on the SDH link to provide the prescribed QoS is calculated.

Keywords

SONET; network topology; optical fibre LAN; quality of service; synchronous digital hierarchy; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; CSMA/CD mechanism; Ethernet over SDH; Ethernet scope; Ethernet throughput; QoS; SDH link rate calculation; SDH link transmission rate; SDH/SONET technology; complex network topology; long distance data transmission; multiple Ethernet connection; multiplexed host generated traffic model; on-off model; point-to-point connection; Complex networks; Ethernet networks; Joining processes; Multiaccess communication; Network topology; SONET; Synchronous digital hierarchy; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, Circuits and Systems and West Sino Expositions, IEEE 2002 International Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7547-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCCAS.2002.1179020

Filename

1179020