Title :
A Novel Architecture for Metropolitan Area Networks
Author :
Yuan Chi ; Cheng Wen ; Li Zhengbin ; Xu Anshi
Author_Institution :
State Key Lab. of Adv. Opt. Commun. Syst. & Networks, Peking Univ., Beijing, China
Abstract :
A novel architecture, dual-fiber-link optical burst switching which has the similar functions of fiber-delay-lines, partial wavelength-converter, and deflection-routing, is proposed for MAN. Results show that it can exponentially decrease burst blocking probability.
Keywords :
metropolitan area networks; optical burst switching; optical communication equipment; optical delay lines; optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; probability; telecommunication network routing; MAN; burst blocking probability; dual-fiber-link optical burst switching; fiber-delay-lines; metropolitan area networks; optical deflection-routing; partial wavelength-converter; Bandwidth; Metropolitan area networks; Optical burst switching; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical wavelength conversion; Protocols; SONET; Synchronous digital hierarchy;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber communication/National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2008. OFC/NFOEC 2008. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-55752-856-8
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2008.4528252
