Wavelength Division Multiple Access Optical Networks / Edition 1

by Andrea Borella, Franco Chiaraluce, Giovanni Cancellieri

Overview

Strengthen your understanding of fast-moving WDMA optical network technology, and learn how to better select and design reliable all-optical telecom networks with this practical book. It will help expand your knowledge of LLN, Manhattan, Shuffle, De Bruijn, Gemmet, Matrix, Swift, and Starnet and will show you how to employ an effective method of network organization based on traffic demands.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780890066577
Publisher:	Artech House, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/01/1998
Series:	Optoelectronics Library
Pages:	336
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Andrea Borella is a visiting professor of digital transmissions at the University of Ancona, Italy, where he also earned a Ph.D. in electronic engineering.

Giovanni Cancellieri is a full professor of electrical communications at the University of Ancona. The author of six books and nearly 100 scientific papers, he earned degrees in electronic engineering and in physics, both from the University of Bologna, Italy.

Franco Chiaraluce is a member of the department of electronics and automatics at the University of Ancona, where he also earned his degree in electronic engineering.

Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
Chapter 1	Optical Networking	1
1.1	Brief History of Optical Communications	1
1.2	Main Features of WDMA Optical Networks	4
1.3	Classification	7
1.4	Practical Limits	9
1.5	Passive Components	12
1.6	Active Devices and Apparatuses	14
1.7	EDFAs	17
1.8	Traffic Aspects	19
	References	23
Chapter 2	Single-Hop Optical Networks	27
2.1	General Concepts	27
2.2	Transmission Protocols	30
2.2.1	Fixed and Semifixed Assignment Protocols	32
2.2.2	Random Access Protocols with No Pretransmission Coordination	37
2.2.3	Random Access Protocols with Pretansmission Coordination	41
2.2.4	Outline of Performance Comparison and Final Remarks on the Transmission Protocols	67
2.3	Experimental Broadcast-and-Select Single-Hop Networks	69
2.3.1	Lambdanet	70
2.3.2	Rainbow	74
2.3.3	Fox	77
2.3.4	Hypass	79
2.3.5	Bhypass	86
2.3.6	Photonic Knockout Switch	87
2.3.7	Passive Photonic Loop	94
2.3.8	Star-Track	98
2.3.9	Fiber Delay Line Switching Matrix	100
2.3.10	Symfonet	103
2.3.11	Mesh with Broadcast-and-Select	108
2.4	An Example of Wavelength-Routing WDMA Network: The Linear Lightwave Network	112
2.4.1	The LLN Architecture	113
2.4.2	Routing Constraints	115
2.4.3	Performance with Different Routing Schemes	119
	References	131
Chapter 3	Multihop Optical Networks	139
3.1	Preliminary Remarks	139
3.1.1	Basic Characteristics of Multihop Networks	139
3.1.2	Meaning and Importance of Some Performance Parameters	140
3.2	Manhattan Street Networks	142
3.2.1	Network Architecture	142
3.2.2	Some Topological Characteristics of a MSN	148
3.2.3	Distributed Routing Rules in MSNs	149
3.2.4	All-Optical Implementation of MSNs	156
3.2.5	Bidirectional MSNs	162
3.2.6	Characteristic Parameters of a BMSN	164
3.2.7	Bidirectional Manhattan Topology with Uplinks	166
3.2.8	Routing in BMSNs	167
3.3	Shuffle Networks	175
3.3.1	The Perfect Shuffle Topology	175
3.3.2	Shufflenets with Shared Channels	179
3.3.3	Size Modifications of Shuffle Networks Based on Multistar Architecture	184
3.3.4	Modular Expansion of Shufflenets	188
3.3.5	Channel Sharing in a Bidirectional Perfect Shuffle Topology	189
3.3.6	Routing in Shufflenets	195
3.4	Evolutions of the Shuffle Topology	200
3.4.1	Duplex Shufflenet	200
3.4.2	Gemnet	203
3.4.3	Enlarged Shufflenet Architecture	208
3.4.4	Modification of the Shufflenet Connectivity Graph	214
3.4.5	Banyan Net	219
3.5	De Bruijn Graph Topology	227
3.5.1	The de Bruijn Graph	227
3.5.2	Routing in de Brujin Networks	228
3.5.3	de Bruijn Versus Shufflenet	231
3.5.4	The Modified de Bruijn Topology	233
3.5.5	de Bruijn Network Variants	236
3.6	MATRIX Topology	238
3.6.1	Space Diversity to Avoid WDM Conversion	238
3.6.2	Network Parameters	242
3.7	SWIFT Architecture	246
3.7.1	The SWIFT Approach	246
3.7.2	The Data Link Layer	247
3.7.3	The Routing Layer	249
3.7.4	SWIFT Performance	251
3.8	Starnet Architecture	256
3.8.1	Starnet Basic Characteristics	256
3.8.2	Node Structure	257
3.8.3	The Circuit Switching and Packet Switching Subnetworks	263
3.8.4	Multihop Networks Supported by Starnet	265
	References	267
Chapter 4	Multilevel Optical Networks	275
4.1	Networks of Networks	275
4.2	Star-of-Stars Network	276
4.3	Hierarchical LLN	282
4.4	Combination of Single-Hop and Multihop Connection Modes in MONs	285
4.4.1	Basic Concepts for the Two-Level Case	286
4.4.2	Analysis and Optimization of MONs	288
4.4.3	Comparison with Shufflenet	303
4.4.4	Multiple Hierarchical Levels	307
	References	311
	About the Authors	313
	Index	315

Editorial Reviews

An introduction to wavelength division multiple access (WDMA) optical networks for computer communication. After an introductory chapter on optical networking the authors treat: single-hop networks, including discussions of transmission protocols, experimental broadcast-and-select networks (LAMBDANET, RAINBOW, BHYPASS, etc.), and a wavelength routing WDMA network called the linear lightwave network (LLN); multihop networks including Manhattan street networks, shuffle networks and topology, De Bruijn graph and MATRIX topology, and SWIFT and Starnet architecture; and finally, combinations of single-hop and multihop networks. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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