TY - JOUR
T1 - Access protocols for passive optical star networks
AU - Sudhakar, G. N.M.
AU - Kavehrad, M.
AU - Georganas, N. D.
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In the recent past, high-speed, optical fiber based systems made their way to point-to-point links, long distance transmission, as well as in computer networks. However, in most of these applications, the optical fiber is being used as a replacement to copper wire due to its superior transmission characteristics. The capacity is still limited to a few Gb/s due to the electronic processing of the nodes and sharing of the * This work is supported in part by the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada under operating Grant No. A-8450 and by the Canadian Institute for Telecommunications Research under the NCE program of the Government of Canada. ** Corresponding author.
PY - 1994/3
Y1 - 1994/3
N2 - Through Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM), the huge bandwidth of optical fiber can be divided into a set of high-speed logical channels. A passive star coupler can be used to configure a multichannel network with these WDM channels. The users in these networks have access to one or more channels. Hence, one of the major issues in these networks is the channel access protocols users have to follow in order to transmit their packets to other users. This paper reviews many of the proposed protocols that appeared in the literature. These protocol are divided into three different categories: fixed assignment (or pre-allocation) protocols, random access protocols and hybrid protocols. The random access protocols are further divided into reservation, switching and collision avoidance protocols.
AB - Through Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM), the huge bandwidth of optical fiber can be divided into a set of high-speed logical channels. A passive star coupler can be used to configure a multichannel network with these WDM channels. The users in these networks have access to one or more channels. Hence, one of the major issues in these networks is the channel access protocols users have to follow in order to transmit their packets to other users. This paper reviews many of the proposed protocols that appeared in the literature. These protocol are divided into three different categories: fixed assignment (or pre-allocation) protocols, random access protocols and hybrid protocols. The random access protocols are further divided into reservation, switching and collision avoidance protocols.
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U2 - 10.1016/0169-7552(94)90053-1
DO - 10.1016/0169-7552(94)90053-1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:38149146195
SN - 0169-7552
VL - 26
SP - 913
EP - 930
JO - Computer Networks and ISDN Systems
JF - Computer Networks and ISDN Systems
IS - 6-8
ER -