Wavelength-tolerant WDM networks

Henryk Temkin; Anura P. Jayasumana; Jon R. Sauer

doi:10.1117/12.219580

15 September 1995 Wavelength-tolerant WDM networks

Henryk Temkin, Anura P. Jayasumana, Jon R. Sauer

Proceedings Volume 2524, National Science Foundation (NSF) Forum on Optical Science and Engineering; (1995) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.219580
Event: SPIE's 1995 International Symposium on Optical Science, Engineering, and Instrumentation, 1995, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

We describe a novel approach for implementing WDM networks that does not rely on fixed wavelength channels. Rather than tuning to a preassigned fixed wavelength channel any two nodes that require a link select a currently unused portion of the spectrum. Rather than tying to make trnamitters and receivers tune to fixed wavelength channels, the medium access control unit determines the approximate channel wavelength to be used for a given link. The receiver then dynamically locks onto this channel.

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Henryk Temkin, Anura P. Jayasumana, and Jon R. Sauer "Wavelength-tolerant WDM networks", Proc. SPIE 2524, National Science Foundation (NSF) Forum on Optical Science and Engineering, (15 September 1995); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.219580

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