Modeling and Analysis of Computer Communications Networks
Modeling and Analysis of Computer Communications Networks
High-capacity lightwave local are networks
IEEE Communications Magazine
Tree structured fiber optics MANs
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Non-coherent photonic frequency-multiplexed access networks
IEEE Network: The Magazine of Global Internetworking
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A Metropolitan Area Network employing optical fibre in a unique fashion is described and analysed with respect to performance. There are two possible physical configurations: a basic topology such as the star and the tree, and the compound configuration such as the tree-star-tree. As a logical overlay which serves to route information packets between stations, a form of perfect shuffle - the ShuffleNet - is used. Logical links between stations are fashioned from subbands of individual wavelength channels. Performance is calculated in terms of average packet delay as a function of traffic load. For example, we delineate the average packet delay as a function of traffic load. Of particular interest is the effect of a limitation on the bandwidth of optical amplifiers, such limitation increases the length of the path between orginating and terminating stations.