Title :
Tree structured fiber optics MANs
Author :
Gerla, Mario ; Fratta, Luigi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Sci., California Univ., Los Angeles, CA, USA
fDate :
7/1/1988 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A fiber-optic architecture, Tree-Net, is introduced that does not require intermediate processing components and supports a large number of stations. Tree-Net is based on a tree topology, passive station taps, and implicit token protocol. The properties and performance of Tree-Net are evaluated. It is shown that the basic topology and access scheme of Tree-Net can be extended so that a family of tree-structured fiber-optic MANs (metropolitan area networks) can be defined to suit different needs, including data, voice, and video integration
Keywords :
computer networks; optical links; MAN; Tree-Net; fiber-optic architecture; metropolitan area networks; passive station taps; token protocol; tree topology; Bandwidth; Bridges; Metropolitan area networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Packet switching; Telecommunication network reliability; Telecommunication traffic; Throughput;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
