Performance analysis of multiple access protocols
Performance analysis of multiple access protocols
Performance Evaluation - Special issue on performance modeling of high speed telecommunication systems
WDM applications in broadband telecommunication networks
IEEE Communications Magazine
Dense wavelength division multiplexing networks: principles and applications
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Multichannel Local Area Network Protocols
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
WDM-based local lightwave networks. I. Single-hop systems
IEEE Network: The Magazine of Global Internetworking
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In this paper, we propose and analyse an asynchronous reservation protocol for a very high-speed optical LAN using a passive star topology. Each node is equipped with a single tunable transmitter and a single tunable receiver, both of which are tunable over a range of wavelengths. A separate channel, called the control channel, is used to coordinate message transmissions on the other channels, called data channels. We consider random and idle selection schemes for the data channel selection strategy. The proposed protocol can efficiently support variable-sized messages. It is operated asynchronously, i.e. data channels are not slotted and the control channel is slotted with the size of a control packet. Also, the protocol is scalable, hence the network can accommodate a variable number of nodes. Any new node can join the network without network reinitialization. Moreover, with the protocol one can avoid destination conflicts. We analyse its performance by using the equilibrium point analysis (EPA) method, and validate the results by simulation. According to the numerical results, the asynchronous protocol achieves higher throughput than the synchronous one.