Performance analysis of the multicasting protocol in WDM networks

Author

Jeong, Kil-Hyun ; Lee, Jong-Kyu

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Application, Jangan Coll., Kyunggi, South Korea

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

902

Abstract

We analyzed the protocol used to improve the performance of the multicast traffic processing in wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks. In the protocol, control channels are divided into contentionless minislots and contention minislots. The packets which fail to have successful reservation in the present time slot have priority to have successful reservation in the contentionless minislots of the next time slot. Therefore, control channel contentions and destination conflicts can be reduced with the use of contentionless minislots. In the analysis, the maximum number of contentionless minislots is equal to the number of data channels for the maximum performance improvement of the network. We confirmed that this protocol is useful to improve the throughput and system delay performance

Keywords

data communication; delays; multicast communication; optical fibre networks; protocols; telecommunication channels; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM networks; contention minislots; contentionless minislots; control channels; data channels; destination collision; multicast traffic; multicast traffic processing; multicasting protocol; network performance; packet reservation; performance analysis; system delay performance; throughput performance; wavelength division multiplexing; Communication system traffic control; Delay systems; Intelligent networks; Multicast protocols; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Performance analysis; Throughput; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

MILCOM 2000. 21st Century Military Communications Conference Proceedings

Conference_Location

Los Angeles, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6521-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/MILCOM.2000.904061

Filename

904061