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Node architecture and protocol of a packet-switched dense WDMA metropolitan area network

  • Chun-Kit Chan
  • , Frank Tong
  • , Lian-Kuan Chen
  • , Kwok-Wai Cheung
  • , Eddie T. P. Kong

Research output: Journal Publications and Reviews › RGC 21 - Publication in refereed journal › peer-review

Abstract

This paper proposes a new node architecture and protocol for a wavelength division multiple access (WDMA) packet-switched metropolitan area network. The network operates on a dual-bus topology and the tunable-transmitter and fixed-receiver scheme is adopted to facilitate data multiaccess. The network protocol runs on a cycle mechanism and the cycle length can be adaptively changed according to the data traffic, thus provides high throughput. The photonic implementation of the proposed network architecture and network nodes are discussed and a new packet-signaling scheme is proposed to avoid data collision during multiaccess. An experimental demonstration is also presented to show its feasibility.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2208-2218
JournalJournal of Lightwave Technology
Volume17
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 1999
Externally publishedYes

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Funding

Manuscript received January 13, 1999; revised August 12, 1999. This work was supported in part by Hong Kong Research Grant Council CERG CUHK4157/98E and CUHK 4170/97E.

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