All-optical LAN architectures based on arrayed waveguide grating multiplexers

Hagen Woesner

doi:10.1117/12.327054

7 October 1998 All-optical LAN architectures based on arrayed waveguide grating multiplexers

Hagen Woesner

Proceedings Volume 3531, All-Optical Networking: Architecture, Control, and Management Issues; (1998) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.327054
Event: Photonics East (ISAM, VVDC, IEMB), 1998, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

The paper presents optical LAN topologies which are made possible using an Arrayed Waveguide Grating Multiplexer (AWGM) instead of a passive star coupler to interconnect stations in an all-optical LAN. Due to the collision-free nature of an AWGM it offers the n-fold bandwidth compared to the star coupler. Virtual ring topologies appear (one ring on each wavelength) if the number of stations attached to the AWGM is a prime number. A method to construct larger networks using Cayley graphs is shown. An access protocol to avoid collisions on the proposed network is outlined.

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Hagen Woesner "All-optical LAN architectures based on arrayed waveguide grating multiplexers", Proc. SPIE 3531, All-Optical Networking: Architecture, Control, and Management Issues, (7 October 1998); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.327054

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