TY  - JOUR
T1  - Toward best-effort services over WDM networks with fair access and minimum bandwidth guarantee.
JF  - IEEE Journal on selected areas in communications
A1  - Kam, A.C
LA  - English
UL  - https://tuklas.up.edu.ph/Record/UP-99796217609332711
AB  - 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 developed an all-optical LAN/MAN test bed which provides time-slotted WDM service. We explore extensions of this service to achieve fine-grained statistical multiplexing with different virtual circuits time sharing the wavelengths in a fair manner. We develop a very fast, best effort time-slotted WDM network protocol with very good fairness and throughput characteristics. As an additional design feature, our protocol supports the assignment of guaranteed bandwidths (GBW) to selected sessions. This feature acts as a first step toward supporting integrated services at the optical layer in WDM networks
KW  - All-Optical Network Consortium.
KW  - WDM networks.
KW  - All-optical LAN/MAN test bed.
KW  - Best-effort services.
KW  - Bursty traffic patterns.
KW  - Circuit switching.
KW  - Data applications.
KW  - Fair access.
KW  - Fine-grained statistical multiplexing.
KW  - Integrated services.
KW  - Max-min fairness.
KW  - Minimum bandwidth guarantee.
KW  - Multiaccess protocol.
KW  - Optical layer.
KW  - Throughput.
KW  - Time sharing.
KW  - Time-slotted WDM network protocol.
KW  - Time-slotted WDM service.
KW  - Virtual circuits.
KW  - Wavelength routed network.
KW  - Wavelength-division multiplexing.
ER  -