TY - JOUR
T1 - Terabit Lightwave Networks
T2 - The Multihop Approach
AU - Acampora, Anthony S.
AU - Karol, Mark J.
AU - Hluchyj, Michael G.
PY - 1987
Y1 - 1987
N2 - For multiuser communications networks, lightwave technology offers the potential to supply a pool of capacity—to be shared among users—far above that provided by any alternative technology. However, the bandwidth limitation of the electro‐optic converters needed to attach each user to the optical medium prevents any one user from accessing more than a tiny fraction of the overall capacity. This paper discusses the problems with conventional approaches for tapping the capacity contained within the optical communications band. It then proposes a new network architecture that permits tapping lightwave's vast capacity potential without requiring a technological breakthrough. With this approach, it becomes possible to create networks that offer hundreds of thousands of gigabits‐per‐second total capacity, to be shared among users, each limited to a peak rate of 1 Gb/s.
AB - For multiuser communications networks, lightwave technology offers the potential to supply a pool of capacity—to be shared among users—far above that provided by any alternative technology. However, the bandwidth limitation of the electro‐optic converters needed to attach each user to the optical medium prevents any one user from accessing more than a tiny fraction of the overall capacity. This paper discusses the problems with conventional approaches for tapping the capacity contained within the optical communications band. It then proposes a new network architecture that permits tapping lightwave's vast capacity potential without requiring a technological breakthrough. With this approach, it becomes possible to create networks that offer hundreds of thousands of gigabits‐per‐second total capacity, to be shared among users, each limited to a peak rate of 1 Gb/s.
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U2 - 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1987.tb00302.x
DO - 10.1002/j.1538-7305.1987.tb00302.x
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0023450548
SN - 8756-2324
VL - 66
SP - 21
EP - 34
JO - Bell Labs Technical Journal
JF - Bell Labs Technical Journal
IS - 6
ER -