Can communications and sensors work together in one network?

作     者：Xinwan LI Jianping CHEN 

作者机构：State Key Laboratory of Advanced Optical Communication Systems and Networks Shanghai Jiao Tong University 

出 版 物：《Frontiers of Optoelectronics》 (光电子前沿(英文))

年 卷 期：2009年第2卷第2期

页      面：148-152页

学科分类：080202[工学-机械电子工程] 08[工学] 0802[工学-机械工程] 0803[工学-光学工程] 

基　　金：partially supported by the National High-Tech Research and Development Program (863 Program) (Nos. 2006AA01Z242, 2007AA01Z275) its partner project from Shanghai commission of science and technology Dawn Program for Excellent Scholars by Shanghai the New Century Program by Education of Ministry of China National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 60877012) 

主　　题：optical sensor network optical communication network polymorphous optical burst switching (POBS) optical circuit switching (OCS) optical burst switching (OBS) 

摘      要：With the development of both optical fiberbased communication and sensation, one interesting topic has been pointed out. How to connect those mountains of sensors to detect the signal in a large area, and how to make the cost of sensing system lower enough should be studied.A network of sensors is a good option. All sensing equipments, including the interrogators and the sensors,will be internetworking together. However, fiber optic communication networks have been developed very well over the past two decades. Is it necessary to rebuild a new network for sensors? In this paper, some new technologies in the two areas of fiber optic sensors and fiber optic communication will be addressed. Then, the available overlay architecture of a fiber optic sensors network will be presented. Finally, a polymorphous optical burst switching(POBS)-based architecture will be proposed, which can support all kinds of services, including digital data optical circuit/burst/packet switching and analog fiber optic sensor signal circuit/burst switching, etc.