Title :
On the number of fiber connections and star couplers in multi-star single-hop networks
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci. & Appl. Math., Illinois Inst. of Technol., Chicago, IL, USA
Abstract :
The single star optical network is limited in size by the available power budget. When the network size exceeds the number of connections a star coupler can support, it becomes necessary to use multiple passive star couplers to implement the network. The cost of a multi star optical network is determined by the number of fiber connections per station and the number of star couplers in the network. To reduce the cost of the network, it is desirable to use as least amount of fiber connections per station and star couplers as possible. We consider two multi star implementations of single hop networks, and discuss how to implement them with least cost
Keywords :
communication complexity; optical computing; optical fibre networks; wavelength division multiplexing; fiber connections; multi star implementations; multi star optical network; multi star single hop networks; multiple passive star couplers; network cost; network size; power budget; single hop networks; single star optical network; star couplers; Costs; Intelligent networks; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Switches; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Local Computer Networks, 1997. Proceedings., 22nd Annual Conference on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8141-1
DOI :
10.1109/LCN.1997.631017
