WDM/SCM broadcast-and-select LAN for streaming-media applications

Author

Tsukada, M. ; Yamaguchi, M. ; Ogawara, M. ; Toyoda, S. ; Ooba, N.

Author_Institution

NTT Network Innovation Labs., Kanagawa, Japan

fYear

1999

fDate

26-27 July 1999

Abstract

We describe a high-speed LAN based on the WDM/SCM broadcast and select (B and S) switching technology. This LAN mainly handles streaming-media applications and can handle IP datagram applications by combining it with a conventional Ethernet-based LAN (hybrid LAN). To confirm the feasibility of the physical layer in the B and S WDM/SCM LAN, a 6-Mbit/s, 4,800-channel system (10 wavelengths with 80 subcarriers) using 64 QAM was used.

Keywords

cable television; optical fibre LAN; optical modulation; quadrature amplitude modulation; subcarrier multiplexing; telecommunication channels; wavelength division multiplexing; 6 Mbit/s; B and S WDM/SCM LAN; Ethernet-based LAN; IP datagram applications; QAM; WDM/SCM broadcast and select switching; WDM/SCM broadcast-and-select LAN; high-speed LAN; streaming-media applications; subcarrier multiplexing; subcarriers; Bandwidth; Broadcasting; Costs; Filters; Local area networks; Optical receivers; Streaming media; Time division multiplexing; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Nanostructures and Quantum Dots/WDM Components/VCSELs and Microcavaties/RF Photonics for CATV and HFC Systems, 1999 Digest of the LEOS Summer Topical Meetings

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA, USA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5633-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOSST.1999.794740

Filename

794740