Title :
Gigabits-per-second optical interconnection networks: fault-tolerance with and without optical amplifiers
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1994
Abstract :
This paper quantifies the bit rate limitations with respect to the number of consecutive faults that must be tolerated before a network can fail. Optical preamplifiers are added to show the enhancement to these limitations
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; bit rate limitations; consecutive faults; fault-tolerance; gigabits-per-second optical interconnection networks; network failing; optical fibre amplifiers; optical preamplifiers; Bit rate; Fault tolerance; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Network topology; Optical amplifiers; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1470-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1994.586617
