Unconstrained signalling in the switchless WDMA/TDMA optical transport network

Alan M. Hill

doi:10.1117/12.402545

5 October 2000 Unconstrained signalling in the switchless WDMA/TDMA optical transport network

Alan M. Hill

Proceedings Volume 4213, Terabit Optical Networking: Architecture, Control, and Management Issues; (2000) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402545
Event: Information Technologies 2000, 2000, Boston, MA, United States

Abstract

Limited signalling capacity imposes severe constraints on the control protocol flexibility of a national-scale WDMA/TDMA switchless optical transport network architecture. To signal the maximum number of connection requests for optical packets from the terminals within each transmission frame, out-of-band signalling in dedicated signalling wavelength channels would require at least 12 receivers in each terminal; an excessively expensive proposition. In-band meta-signalling techniques, using all of the network's available wavelength channels, together with temporal manipulation of blocks of wavelength channels by fibre delay line, ensure that the packet connectivity of a future WDMA/TDMA switchless optical transport network is completely unconstrained by any signallying limitations, at minimum cost.

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Alan M. Hill "Unconstrained signalling in the switchless WDMA/TDMA optical transport network", Proc. SPIE 4213, Terabit Optical Networking: Architecture, Control, and Management Issues, (5 October 2000); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.402545

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