An overview of lightwave packet networks

Author

Acampora, Anthony S. ; Karol, Mark J.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA

Volume

3

Issue

1

fYear

1989

Firstpage

29

Lastpage

41

Abstract

The unique systems opportunities offered by, and the unique systems constraints imposed by, lightwave technology as it applies to the field of distributed packet networks are examined. Single-channel and star topology approaches are first considered. Terabit-capacity lightwave networks are discussed, covering both wavelength-division and time-division multiplexing. Multichannel multihop lightwave networks are then considered, and a particular implementation, the ShuffleNet, is described, and its performance, as well as some simple addressing and routing schemes, is discussed.<>

Keywords

broadband networks; digital communication systems; frequency division multiplexing; optical links; packet switching; time division multiplexing; ShuffleNet; TDM; WDM; addressing; broadband networks; distributed packet networks; lightwave packet networks; multichannel multihop networks; overview; routing schemes; single channel approach; star topology; terabit capacity networks; time-division multiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; Aggregates; Bandwidth; Displacement control; High speed optical techniques; Optical modulation; Optical packet switching; Packet switching; Photonics; Switches; Very large scale integration;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/65.20538

Filename

20538