In this paper a multiple access protocol is proposed for a system consisting of many high-speed bursty traffic stationa via an optical passive star coupler. Each u.w has access over a range of wavelengths, thus resulting in a wavelength division multiplexed communication. A station has b reserve a wavelength first then transmits the data on that wavelength. The performance has been modeled and analyzed with the Equilibrium Point Analysis (EPA) technique. Numerical results show that low delay

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... high throughput (larger than the electronic speed of a single user) can be achieved. The analysis also showa that the best performance is obtained when the capacities of the reservation channels and the data channels are balanced. q This work was supported by the Dcfenae Adwmced R-rch Projects Agency undsr Contract MDA 903 S7-CC663, parallel Syt erm Laboratory. Permission to copy without fes all or psrt of this materisl is granted provided that tha copiss ara not mada or distributed for diract commsrcisl advantage, ths ACM copyright notica and ths titls of ths publication and its date appsar, and notice is given that copying is by permission of ths Association for Computing Mechinery. To copy otherwise, or to republish, raquiras a fee arrdor spacific parrnisaion.