Title :
STARNET: a multi-gigabit-per-second optical LAN utilizing a passive WDM star
Author :
Kazovsky, Leonid G.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA
Abstract :
A broadband local area network (LAN), STARNET, that is based on a physical passive star topology is proposed. Over a single physical network, STARNET offers all users both a moderate speed packet network and a high-speed wavelength-division-multiplexing (WDM) circuit interconnect. Based on these two data transport facilities, several topological and protocol solutions are available to the users. As a result, STARNET supports traffic of widely different speed and continuity characteristics. Each node of the network requires only two lasers, and its structure facilitates the achievement of frequency stabilization for the whole network. An effort toward an experimental demonstration of a 3-Gb/s node, fiber-distributed-data-interface (FDDI)-compatible (at the packet network level) STARNET is currently in progress
Keywords :
broadband networks; frequency stability; local area networks; optical links; packet switching; wavelength division multiplexing; 3 Gbit/s; STARNET; broadband local area network; computer networks; data transport facilities; frequency stabilization; high-speed circuit interconnect; lasers; moderate speed packet network; optical LAN; passive WDM star; protocol; wavelength-division-multiplexing; Circuit topology; High speed optical techniques; Integrated circuit interconnections; LAN interconnection; Local area networks; Network topology; Optical fiber LAN; Optical interconnections; Transport protocols; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
