Title :
Dynamic power considerations in a complete 12 × 12 optical packet switching network
Author :
Small, Benjamin A. ; Kato, Tatsuya ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
Abstract :
The dynamic optical power characteristics of an implemented 12-port optical packet switching network are measured for multiple-wavelength packets with 16 payload wavelengths and five routing header wavelengths. The system demonstrates an average dynamic optical power range of approximately 6.7 dB at the 10-12 bit-error-rate (BER) threshold, and 8.2 dB at 10-9 BER. These measurements which investigate how the system affects the encoded optical packets are discussed as metrics for network scalability and robustness.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical fibre networks; packet switching; photonic switching systems; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; BER; bit-error-rate; dynamic power; multiple-wavelength packets; optical packet switching network; routing header wavelengths; Bit error rate; Dynamic range; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Payloads; Power measurement; Robustness; Scalability; Wavelength measurement; Wavelength routing; Interconnection networks; packet switching; photonic switching systems; wavelength-division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.858142
