Title :
An all-optical multifiber tree network
Author :
Bannister, J. ; Gerla, Mario
Author_Institution :
Aerospace Corp., EL Segundo, CA
Abstract :
A metropolitan area network (MAN) architecture that uses the multifiber-cable free topology to provide high-speed datagram and circuit-switching communication services to a large population of stations is presented. Using a combination of space-, wavelength-, and time-division multiplexing (SDM, WDM and TDM), this network architecture provides all-optical transmission media to its stations and can interconnect several thousand stations in a metropolitan region without the need for optical amplification or electrooptical signal regeneration
Keywords :
circuit switching; metropolitan area networks; optical cables; optical links; wavelength division multiplexing; MAN; SDM; TDM; WDM; circuit-switching; computer networks; high-speed datagram; metropolitan area network; multifiber tree network; multifiber-cable; network architecture; space division multiplexing; time-division multiplexing; Costs; High speed optical techniques; Metropolitan area networks; Optical attenuators; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber couplers; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical losses; Packaging;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
