Multi-Destination Communication Over Single-Hop Lightwave WDM Networks

ROUSKAS AND AMMAR: MULTI-DESTINATION COMMUNICATION OVER TUNABLE-RECEIVER SINGLE-HOP WDM NETWORKS 1 Multi-Destination Communication Over Tunable-Receiver Single-Hop WDM Networks

|We address the issue of providing eecient mechanisms for multi-destination communication over one class of lightwave WDM architectures, namely, single-hop networks with tunability provided only at the receiving side. We distinguish a number of multicast traac types, we present a number of alternative broadcast/multicast TDMA schedules for each type, and we develop heuristics to obtain schedule...

Multidestination Communication Over Tunable-Receiver Single-Hop WDM Networks

The importance of computer applications and telecommunication services relying on eecient multi-destination communication is growing rapidly. It is now likely that a signiicant portion of the overall traac in future communication environments will be of the multi-destination type. At the same time, lightwave technology is emerging as a promising candidate for implementing the next generation of...

Multidestination Communication Over Tunable-Receiver Single-Hop WDM Networks - Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

We address the issue of providing efficient mechanisms for multidestination communication over one class of lightwave wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) architectures, namely, single-hop networks with tunability provided only at the receiving side. We distinguish a number of multicast traffic types, we present a number of alternative broadcast/multicast timedivision multiple-access (TDMA) s...

Minimizing Delay and Packet Loss in Single-Hop Lightwave WDM Networks Using TDM Schedules

Minimizing Delay and Packet Loss in Single-Hop Lightwave WDM Networks Using TDM Schedules

We consider packet-switched lightwave WDM networks with stations equipped with tunable transmitters and xed receivers. Access to each of the available channels is controlled by a weighted TDM scheme, whereby the channels are not necessarily shared equally among the various sources. While previous work focused on the throughput characteristics of such schemes, in this paper we study the problem ...