Photonic packet WDM ring networks architecture and performance

C.S. Jeiger, J.M.H. Elmirghani
2002 IEEE Communications Magazine  
This article reviews various WDM ring architectures and pays special attention to their implementation in the metropolitan environment. A number of possible network architectures as well as protocols are reviewed. The article also proposes and analyses a WDM slotted-ring network architecture with nodes that use one fixed transmitter and fixed receivers. Used as a metropolitan access network, it is shown through simulation how a simple slotted MAC protocol can be implemented in this network to
more » ... hieve efficient bandwidth utilization. Throughput, delay and packet dropping probability results are presented under Poisson and self-similar traffic.
doi:10.1109/mcom.2002.1047002 fatcat:4es7g4aahrgb3jnvoir565jqqa