Flexibility of optical packet format in a complete 12/spl times/12 data vortex network

Author

Small, Benjamin A. ; Lee, Benjamin G. ; Bergman, Keren

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY

Volume

18

Issue

16

fYear

2006

Firstpage

1693

Lastpage

1695

Abstract

Packets with variable-sized payloads between 48 and 384 bytes, depending upon the number of payload wavelengths and their duration, are simultaneously routed in an implemented 12times12 optical packet switching network with bit-error rates better than 10^-12. Payloads with varying offsets within the 25.6-ns timeslot are routed successfully as well, illustrating the flexibility and transparency of the data vortex architecture to multiple packet formats

Keywords

data communication; error statistics; optical fibre networks; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; transparency; 25.6 ns; bit-error rates; data vortex architecture flexibility; data vortex architecture transparency; data vortex network; multiple packet formats; nanosecond timeslot; optical packet format; optical packet switching network; packet format flexibility; variable-sized payloads; wavelength routing; Bandwidth; High speed optical techniques; Intelligent networks; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical packet switching; Optical vortices; Payloads; Wavelength division multiplexing; Interconnection networks; packet switching; photonic switching systems; wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.879934

Filename

1664921