title: Selective broadcast interconnection: a novel scheme for fiber-optic local-area networks.
abstract: We introduce a passive, unswitched scheme for directly interconnecting N stations, each of which has C transmitters and receivers. Implementations using fiber optics with spatial multiplexing and optionally wavelength multiplexing are discussed. This scheme utilizes the same resources as standard topologies with C parallel buses but outperforms them in two respects: (1) the aggregate throughput is proportional to C(2) rather than to C and (2) the power of each transmitter need reach only N/C, instead of N, receivers.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Marhic
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Birk
authors.forename: F A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Tobagi