Technology and design considerations for a very-high-speed fiber-optic data bus
Abstract
The technology for very-high-speed fiber-optic data transmission is reviewed, and an assessment is made of the data rate limitations for a ring bus. Maximum data rates for single-channel transmission are estimated to be in the five-ten Gbit/s range, but bus capacity can be increased to 100 Gbits/s or higher with parallel interconnections or carrier-frequency multiplexing. A recirculating fiber loop is proposed as a buffer between the high data rate bus and terminals which operate at relatively low speeds. A bus terminal design based on this concept is suggested.
- Publication:
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IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
- Pub Date:
- April 1983
- Bibcode:
- 1983IJSAC...1..500T
- Keywords:
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- Channel Capacity;
- Channels (Data Transmission);
- Fiber Optics;
- Optical Communication;
- Single Channel Per Carrier Transmission;
- Technology Assessment;
- Communication Networks;
- Computer Networks;
- Data Processing Terminals;
- Data Transmission;
- Frequency Division Multiplexing;
- Microprocessors;
- Optical Waveguides;
- Repeaters;
- Signal Generators;
- Systems Engineering;
- Electronics and Electrical Engineering