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We provide a comprehensive survey of packet-switched ring metro WDM networks. We first review current standardization and testbed activities, then we provide a categorization of ring WDM networks. We structure our survey according to a classification of the medium access control (MAC) protocols employed in the networks. Throughout the article we pay close attention to the key factors that govern the throughput-delay performance of the networks, such as the source vs. destination stripping of the data packets from the ring and the a priori or a posteriori access strategies. We also consider fairness aspects and QoS support in the networks.
Published in:
Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE
(Volume:6
,
Issue:
2
)
Date of Publication: Second Quarter 2004
- Page(s):
- 2 - 20
- ISSN :
- 1553-877X
- INSPEC Accession Number:
- 11005499
- Digital Object Identifier :
- 10.1109/COMST.2004.5342236
- Product Type:
- Journals & Magazines
- Date of Current Version :
- 01 December 2009
- Issue Date :
- Second Quarter 2004
- Sponsored by :
- IEEE Communications Society
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