Bidirectional light-trails for synchronous communications in WDM networks

Author

Kliazovich, Dzmitry ; Granelli, Fabrizio ; Woesner, Hagen ; Chlamtac, Imrich

Author_Institution

DIT, Trento Univ.

Volume

4

fYear

2005

fDate

2-2 Dec. 2005

Lastpage

1951

Abstract

This paper presents a novel solution of bidirectional high speed communications for IP traffic transport over WDM networks. Based on the observation of the bidirectional nature of traffic in the Internet bidirectional light-trails are proposed as an extension of the natively unidirectional light-trail concept. Specification of a synchronous protocol enables fairness in medium access and data delivery improving reliability of communications and enabling QoS support in WDM networks

Keywords

IP networks; Internet; access protocols; optical fibre networks; quality of service; telecommunication traffic; wavelength division multiplexing; IP traffic; Internet bidirectional light-trails; QoS; WDM networks; bidirectional light-trails; data delivery; medium access; synchronous communications; synchronous protocol; Access protocols; Data communication; Electronic mail; High speed optical techniques; Intelligent networks; Internet; Optical fiber networks; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; WDM networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2005. GLOBECOM '05. IEEE

Conference_Location

St. Louis, MO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9414-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2005.1578006

Filename

1578006