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A Bandwidth Guaranteed Multi-access Protocol for WDM Local Networks

Authors:
J.S. Choi, N. Golmie, and D. Su


Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Communications,
June, 2000,
New Orleans, LA


Abstract

In this paper, we propose a bandwidth guaranteed multi-access protocol for broadcast-and-select WDM local networks with a star topology. The proposed protocol is based on a combination of contention and reservation mechanisms for time slotted WDM networks. Every node accesses the data channel by transmitting request packets in minislots on a separate control channel. There are two types of minislots; reservation minislots and contention minislots. Nodes requiring bandwidth guarantees, called guaranteed nodes, use reservation minislots, that are assigned by the control node. The remaining nodes share contention minislots using a random access mechanism. Each node dynamically assigns data channels for the minislots successfully returned on a First-Come-First-Served (FCFS) basis. Here, the number of reservation minislots is allocated by the control node. The remaining minislots are used for contention minislots. The reservation minislots can guarantee a minimum bandwidth for the guaranteed nodes. The contention minislots enable on-demand services at the optical layer and achieve good fairness for the remaining bandwidth. This protocol can be implemented witha simple distributed algorithm that efficiently utilizes the data channel.

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