An alternative addressing scheme for conventional CDMA fiber-optic networks allows interesting parallel processing capabilities

A different approach to addressing on a CDMA (code division multiple access) fiber based LAN (local area network) is investigated. This change serves to enable a network with unusual properties: specifically this implementation modification enables a network that provides: immediate and simultaneous access to all users (real-time); arbitrary length transmissions (including continuous); all data available to all nodes; support of sensor type nodes (no receive or monitor capability). The technique is discussed and a theoretical use of this technique to allow a fully dynamically reconfigurable parallel multiprocessor is presented.