Abstract
In this paper, we study the design of regular multicast networks
implemented with Optical Passive Star (OPS) couplers. We focus on an
architecture based on both Kautz graphs and stack-graphs, and show that it is
very cost-effective with respect to its resources requirements, namely the
number of OPS couplers,power budget, scalability and number of transceivers,
and presents a large ratio number-of-nodes/diameter. The important issue of
medium access control is also addressed and control protocols for accessing
the optical couplers are given and analyzed. Finally, we show through
simulation that these control protocols efficiently implement shortest path
routing on these networks.
© 2000 IEEE
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