Toward best-effort services over WDM networks with fair access and minimum bandwidth guarantee.

Most existing wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) networks employ circuit switching, typically with one session having exclusive use of one entire wavelength. Consequently, they are not suitable for data applications involving bursty traffic patterns. The All-Optical Network (AON) Consortium has d...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:	IEEE Journal on selected areas in communications 16, 7 (1998).
Main Author:	Kam, A.C
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Subjects:	All-Optical Network Consortium. WDM networks. All-optical LAN/MAN test bed. Best-effort services. Bursty traffic patterns. Circuit switching. Data applications. Fair access. Fine-grained statistical multiplexing. Integrated services. Max-min fairness. Minimum bandwidth guarantee. Multiaccess protocol. Optical layer. Throughput. Time sharing. Time-slotted WDM network protocol. Time-slotted WDM service. Virtual circuits. Wavelength routed network. Wavelength-division multiplexing.