Experimentation ofsingle-hop WDM rings formetroanddistributed switching applications

Thispaperpresents thearchitecture ofaWDM channel, sothattheaggregate network capacity canbe optical packetnetwork, calledWONDER, thatwas scaled upbyincreasing thenumberofWDM channels designed andprototyped inthePhotonLab atPolitecnico without directly affecting thecomplexity ofinterfaces. diTorino, Italy. Thedesign andimplementation ofthe Inthefollowing sections we introduce therationale and WONDER network aimtoassesstheeffectiveness of design oftheWONDER network, providing somedetail on optical withrespect toelectronic devices, trying toidentify itsphysical topology, nodestructure, MediumAccess an optimal mixofthetwotechnologies. We present Control (MAC)protocol andfault recovery mechanisms. physical topology andnodestructure oftheprototype. Theprototype developed inourPhotonLab (5)inTurin, TX~~~~~T