On the design of Robust‐WDM local area networks

Robust wavelength division multiplexing (Robust‐WDM) is a proposal to realize cost‐effective WDM local area networks (LANs) which can get around the expensive need for laser wavelength stabilization. The type of these networks that relies on an access protocol with aperiodic reservations and lenient‐token‐passing based control channel (the AR/LTP protocol) is promising. We look at the deployment of the AR/LTP analytical model in designing this type of network. The model is used to predict the effect of component and network parameters on the waiting time characteristics of the network. An increase in node operation times (i.e. receiver response time, transmitter select time and reservation period) would result in increasing the average waiting time of a connection request, but the waiting time is more sensitive to the physical span of the network and its size. It is also observed that increasing the inter‐reservation threshold may result in little increase in waiting time up to some limit beyond which delay increases rapidly. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

基于阵列波导光栅的波分复用器件

阵列波导光栅波分复用 /解复用器有 N个输入端口和 N个输出端口 ,能同时传输 N2 路不同的光信号 ,除具有波分复用和解复用功能外 ,能灵活地与其它光器件组成多波长激光器、光路分插复用器、光路交叉连接器、波长路由器等波分复用器件 ,在光通信网络中有着广泛的应用前景。     

Measurement Based Resource Allocation for Interconnected WDM Rings

We present a measurement based resource allocation scheme for interconnected WDM rings in a metropolitan area network named DAVID (Data And Voice Integration over D-WDM). The network has a two level hierarchical structure, with a backbone of optical packet routers interconnected in a mesh, and metropolitan areas served by sets of optical rings connected to the backbone through devices called Hubs. The paper focuses on the operations of the media access protocol and on resource allocation schemes to be used in the metropolitan area network. A simple scheme for datagram (not-guaranteed) traffic is defined and its performance are examined mainly by simulation.     

Efficient Scheduling Algorithms for Real-Time Service on WDM Optical Networks

One of the important issues in the design of future generation high-speed networks is the provision of real-time services to different types of traffic with various time constraints. In this paper we study the problem of providing real-time service to hard and soft real-time messages in Wavelength-Division-Multiplexing (WDM) optical networks. We propose a set of scheduling algorithms which prioritize and manage message transmissions in single-hop WDM passive star networks based on specific message time constraints. In particular, we develop time-based priority schemes for scheduling message transmissions in order to increase the real-time performance of a WDM network topology. We formulated an analytical model and conducted extensive discrete-event simulations to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithms. We compared their performances with that of the state-of-the-art WDM scheduling algorithms which typically do not consider the time constraint of the transmitted messages. This study suggests that when scheduling real-time messages in WDM networks, one has to consider not only the problem of resources allocation in the network but also the problem of sequencing messages based on their time constraints.     

波分复用星形单跳网的波长二次重用扩容

有限的数据信道波长数严格限制着波分复用星形单跳网容量.对此,本文提出了一种波长二次重用和多耦合器内连相结合的组网扩容方法.和常规波分复用星形网相比,该方法不但将网络所支持的节点数增加两倍;而且网络的所有数据信道波长都得到二次重用,网络最大吞吐量也增加两倍;在网络节点数不变的条件下,通过波长的二次重用,可大大减小网络中通信节点的排队时延,缓和各通信节点对数据信道波长使用权的竞争矛盾,有效地改善网络性能.此外,该方法结构简单,易于实施.     

波分复用技术及其在通信中的应用

波分复用 ( WDM)技术以其优异特征成为对现有光纤传输系统进行扩容、升级改造及建设新的高速、大容量通信网络的优选技术方案。文中阐述了它的主要技术特点 ,着重论述了它在通信领域中的应用 :长途通信干线传输、区域网、接入网等 ,并对 WDM技术的未来发展和应用进行了分析与展望。     

Scheduling Combined Unicast and Multicast Traffic in Broadcast WDM Networks

This paper studies the performance of various strategies for scheduling a combined load of unicast and multicast traffic in a broadcast WDM network. The performance measure of interest is schedule length, which directly affects both aggregate network throughput and average packet delay. Three different scheduling strategies are presented, namely: separate scheduling of unicast and multicast traffic, treating multicast traffic as a number of unicast messages, and treating unicast traffic as multicasts of size one. A lower bound on the schedule length for each strategy is first obtained. Subsequently, the strategies are compared against each other using extensive simulation experiments in order to establish the regions of operation, in terms of a number of relevant system parameters, for which each strategy performs best. Our main conclusions are as follows. Multicast traffic can be treated as unicast traffic, by replicating all multicast packets, under very limited circumstances. On the other hand, treating unicast traffic as a special case of multicast traffic with a group of size 1, produces short schedules in most cases. Alternatively, scheduling and transmitting each traffic component separately is also a good choice.     

新型平输入/聚焦场阵列波导光栅波长路由器

基于像差理论设计了具有平聚焦场的阵列波导光栅(AWG),其输入部分与输出部分采用对称,成为同时具有平输入场和平聚焦场,可以省略输入和输出波导,使输入/输出星形耦合器可分别直接与光纤阵列连接,结构得到了简化。设计了频率间隔为200GHz的9×9通道平场AWG波长路由器,光场传输模拟结果显示,所有波长的输出信号均聚焦在与传输方向垂直的一条直线上,验证了平场设计的正确性。     

多播格状WDM光网络中流量疏导的一种启发性算法

波分复用技术的开发应用及网络业务信息的多样化促进了多播技术的应用和发展.由于网络中波长带宽与节点间业务信息需求之间的巨大反差,使流量疏导成为必要,以节约网络资源和成本.但多播的出现使流量疏导算法变得更复杂多样.本文提出了对多播格状网络中的静态流量进行有效疏导的一种启发性算法,并取得较为优化的结果.     

An Efficient Distributed Control Scheme for Lightpath Establishment in Dynamic WDM Networks

An adaptive hybrid reservation protocol (AHRP) is proposed for the purpose of quickly and efficiently establishing a lightpath in dynamic wavelength routed networks. This protocol uses a special reservation-and-probe (RESV_PROB) packet and extends the signaling to integrate forward reservation and backward reservation into one monolithic process. To decrease the blocking probability that happens in cases where two end nodes associated with a specific link simultaneously reserve the same wavelength, an adaptive wavelength selection policy is specially employed in AHRP. A discrete-event simulation tool based on ns-2 is developed to investigate AHRP's performance, including its blocking probability, average lightpath setup delay, and signaling overhead. AHRP is also compared with existing protocols. Results show that during highly dynamic traffic conditions, AHRP possesses the lowest blocking probability, shorter setup delay, and less signaling overhead.     

Reconfiguration and Dynamic Load Balancing in Broadcast WDM Networks*

In optical WDM networks, an assignment of transceivers to channels implies an allocation of the bandwidth to the various network nodes. Intuition suggests, and our recent study has confirmed, that if the traffic load is not well balanced across the available channels, the result is poor network performance. Hence, the time-varying conditions expected in this type of environment call for mechanisms that periodically adjust the bandwidth allocation to ensure that each channel carries an almost equal share of the corresponding offered load. In this paper we study the problem of dynamic load balancing in broadcast WDM networks by retuning a subset of transceivers in response to changes in the overall traffic pattern. Assuming an existing wavelength assignment and some information regarding the new traffic demands, we present two approaches to obtaining a new wavelength assignment such that (a) the new traffic load is balanced across the channels, and (b) the number of transceivers that need to be retuned is minimized. The latter objective is motivated by the fact that tunable transceivers take a non-negligible amount of time to switch between wavelengths during which parts of the network are unavailable for normal operation. Furthermore, this variation in traffic is expected to take place over larger time scales (i.e., retuning will be a relatively infrequent event), making slowly tunable devices a cost effective solution. Our main contribution is a new approximation algorithm for the load balancing problem that provides for tradeoff selection, using a single parameter, between two conflicting goals, namely, the degree of load balancing and the number of transceivers that need to be retuned. This algorithm leads to a scalable approach to reconfiguring the network since, in addition to providing guarantees in terms of load balancing, the expected number of retunings scales with the number of channels, not the number of nodes in the network.     

Internetworking of Multiwavelength Local Optical Networks Based on a Wavelength-Tolerant Receiver Technology*

Robust-WDM is a technique to realize wavelength division multiplexed (WDM) local area networks (LANs) in the presence of laser wavelength drifts. Various medium access control (MAC) protocols have been proposed for Robust-WDM LANs. Among these protocols, the one with Aperiodic Reservation and Lenient Token-Passing control channel (the AR/LTP protocol) is the most promising. We discuss three internetworking strategies for AR/LTP Robust-WDM LANs. The aim is to explore the possibility to scale the AR/LTP Robust-WDM concepts to the metropolitan domain by looking at some basic medium-access arrangements and specifying the advantages and limitations of each. Special Remote Access Nodes (RANs) are proposed to facilitate interconnection. It is shown that by some modifications in the basic AR/LTP local area protocol and by parallel processing of connection requests, commands and control signals, the waiting time performance of a Robust-WDM interconnection can be improved. The improvement would be accomplished at the expense of some control sophistication. Further improvement can be achieved by designing a set of point-to-point links among the RANs of different Robust-WDM stars. In this case, control is relatively simplified, but the design of a RAN is made more complex and expensive.     

未来全光网络的发展

运用排队论的知识 ,从理论上分析比较了在排队时光时分复用技术 (OTDM)较波分复用技术(WDM)在逗留时间上更具有优势 ,指出未来全光网的建设应该走 OTDM和 WDM结合的道路。     

基于WDM和TDM的串联FBG高速列车定位系统

介绍了一种基于波分复用（WDM）和时分复用（TDM）串联光纤Bragg光栅（FBG）的高速列车定位系统。用快速的光功率监测替代FBG的波长监测,定位时延较小（0．2s）;波长漂移转化为光功率的一对负正脉冲波动,提高了定位自动识别的准确性;同时WDM与TDM相结合的系统结构设计,扩大了列车定位系统监测的总长度。     

Proposal for a novel and simple WDM NRZ-DPSK system

A novel and simple non-return-to-zero differential phase shift keying (NRZ-DPSK) wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) system, which can simultaneously demultiplex and demodulate multiple wavelengths, is proposed and investigated in this paper.The phase-to-intensity demodulation principle is based on detuned filtering, which is achieved by using a single commercial array waveguide grating (AWG) in our scheme.By properly choosing appropriate AWG channels at the transmitter, the AWG at the receiver can act as both the demultiplexer and the demodulator of the DPSK signals.Simulations at 10, 20, and 40 Gbit/s show good flexibility and performance for the proposed system.     

Virtual Source Based Multicast Routing in WDM Optical Networks

Wavelength-division multiplexed (WDM) networks using wavelength-routing are considered to be potential candidates for the next generation wide-area backbone networks. Multicasting is the ability to transmit information from a single source node to multiple destination nodes and is becoming an important requirement in high-speed networks. As WDM technology matures and multicast applications become increasingly popular, supporting multicast routing at the WDM layer becomes an important and yet a challenging topic. This paper concerns with the problem of optical multicast routing in WDM networks. A few nodes in the network may have wavelength conversion and/or splitting capabilities. In this paper, a new multicast tree construction algorithm is proposed. This algorithm is based on a concept called virtual source. A virtual source is a node having both the splitting and wavelength conversion capabilities. By exploiting the presence of virtual source nodes, the proposed algorithm achieves improved performance. To further improve the performance, the algorithm assigns priorities to nodes based on their capabilities. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is verified through extensive simulation experiments.     

WDM智能光网络与IP业务

详细分析了 ＷＤＭ光网络的结构以及联网技术的演进过程，对如何压扁网络层次，实现ＩＰ直接ｏｖｅｒ ＷＤＭ，发挥 ＷＤＭ光传送网的巨大带宽优势进行了研究，提出 ＭＰＬＳ是当前解决 ＩＰ层与光层的融合以及跨层管理问题的关键技术。     

带有光放大的波分复用技术在光纤通信中的应用

本文论述了波分复用技术的优点及其应用；介绍了波分复用技术与光纤放大器相结合后的发展概况２；评述了波分复用技术发展中的主要问题及其在当前实用系统中的解决方案和今后的发展方向。     

利用啁啾光纤光栅实现10Gb/s WDM系统色散补偿

利用二次曝光法制作的啁啾光纤光栅在国内首次邮１０Ｇｂ／ｓｅ ＷＤＭ系统单路色散补偿,经１８０ｋｍ传输后色散补偿的功率代价为１ｄＢ。