Title :
Transmission analysis of a space-division optical star network with deflection routing
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., State Univ. of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA
fDate :
2/1/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The combined traffic-transmission analysis of a single-wavelength optical star local area network (LAN) is presented. The star is a multistage space-division photonic switch which uses deflection routing. Deflected packets delivered to the wrong user are transparently re-routed to the switch. It is found that the network works best when lightly loaded at the optical level. Using fast optical transmitters and receivers to deplete the optical layer has the positive effect of reducing both deflections and crosstalk
Keywords :
optical deflectors; optical fibre LAN; photonic switching systems; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication traffic; transparency; deflection routing; multistage space-division photonic switch; single-wavelength optical star local area network; traffic-transmission analysis; transparency;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19960185
