ASYMETRIC OPTICAL NETWORK TRAFFIC FLOW CONTROL

摘要

AN OPTICAL NETWORK MAY BE CONFIGURED DYNAMICALLY SO THAT A GIVEN CHANNEL WAVELENGTH CAN OPERATE IN EITHER DIRECTION OVER A FIBER (232) IN A NETWORK. THUS, NETWORK PROVIDERS CAN PROVISION BANDWIDTH ACCORDING TO THE TRAFFIC CHARACTERISTICS OF THE NETWORK LINK IN QUESTION.A PLURALITY OF TRANSCEIVER MODULES ON EITHER SIDE OF A FIBER (232) MAY BE SWITCHED FROM A TRANSMIT MODE TO A RECEIVE MODE DEPENDING ON THE DESIRED DIRECTION OF THE CHANNEL.(FIG 2)