Title :
Analysis of partially shared buffering for WDM optical packet switching
Author :
Diao, Juan ; Chu, Pak L.
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Telecommun., New South Wales Univ., Sydney, NSW, Australia
fDate :
12/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A new WDM packet switch architecture, partially shared buffering, is proposed. This architecture, in addition to dedicating an individual prime buffer for each output, incorporates a separate buffer for all the outputs to share. Based on this architecture, a lower packet loss probability can be achieved without the need of either dramatically increasing the size of each prime output buffer or deploying a large number of wavelength converters. The performance of the new architecture has been extensively studied by means of numerical simulations
Keywords :
optical fibre communication; optical losses; packet switching; probability; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM optical packet switching; WDM packet switch architecture; individual prime buffer; lower packet loss probability; numerical simulations; partially shared buffering; prime output buffer; wavelength converters; Fiber nonlinear optics; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical packet switching; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Throughput; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
