Multi-fasnet Protocol:Short-Term Fairness Control in WDM Slotted MANs

A. BIANCO, D. CUDA, J. M. FINOCHIETTO, F. NERI, C. PIGLIONE

San Francisco, USA

Conferencia; IEEE Globecom; 2006

Single-hop wavelength division multiplexing(WDM) ring networks operating in packet mode are apromising architecture for the design of innovate MetropolitanArea Networks. They allow a cost-effective design, with agood combination of optical and electronic technologies, whilesupporting features like restoration and reconfiguration thatare essential in any metropolitan scenario. In this article, weaddress the fairness problem in a slotted WDM optical network.We introduce the Multi-Fasnet fairness protocol, we discuss itslimitations and we propose an extension, based on a dynamicstrategy, that achieves high aggregate network throughput,throughput fairness, and bounded and fair access delays.