A Load-Balanced Optical Packet Router Interconnected With a 10-GbEthernet Electronic Router

Author

Simsarian, J.E. ; Gripp, J. ; LeGrange, J.D. ; Adamiecki, A.L. ; Bernasconi, P. ; Buhl, L.L. ; Burrows, E.C. ; Dupuy, J. -Y ; Howland, C.D. ; Jorge, F. ; Konczykowska, A. ; Neilson, D.T.

Author_Institution

Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent, Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

23

Issue

16

fYear

2011

Firstpage

1124

Lastpage

1126

Abstract

We transmit 40-Gb/s optical packets through a load-balanced optical packet router consisting of two 16 × 16 arrayed waveguide gratings, wavelength converters, and an optical-time buffer. The optical router interoperates with an electronic router with 10-GbE interfaces.

Keywords

arrayed waveguide gratings; light transmission; local area networks; optical communication equipment; optical interconnections; optical wavelength conversion; telecommunication network routing; Ethernet electronic router; arrayed waveguide gratings; bit rate 10 Gbit/s; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; load-balanced optical packet router interconnection; optical packet transmission; optical router interoperation; optical-time buffer; wavelength converters; Adaptive optics; Delay; Optical amplifiers; Optical buffering; Optical imaging; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Optical buffering; optical fiber communication; optical packet switching; optical wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2011.2157339

Filename

5773478