An Efficient Medium Access Control Strategy for High Speed WDM Multiaccess Networks

Laarhuis, Jan H. and Koonen, A.M.J. (1993) An Efficient Medium Access Control Strategy for High Speed WDM Multiaccess Networks. Journal of Lightwave Technology, 11 (5). pp. 1078-1087. ISSN 0733-8724

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Abstract:	A medium access control (MAC) strategy that accounts for the limited tunability of present-day lasers and filters and yet supports a large total number of wavelengths in the network is proposed. Full interconnectivity, contention-free access and a high value of concurrency are achieved by dividing the network into disjunct subnetworks on a wavelength basis and by reconfiguring these subnetworks on a time basis. Each subnetwork allows for simplified access to be implemented with fast tunable transceivers each assessing only a moderate number of wavelengths. A performance analysis shows that this concept is most efficient when applied to a high-level broadband interconnection metropolitan area network (MAN)
Item Type:	Article
Copyright:	© 1993 IEEE
Faculty:	Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science (EEMCS)
Link to this item:	http://purl.utwente.nl/publications/14354
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/50.233271
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