DocumentCode
1591571
Title
Integrated electrical/optical switching for future energy efficient packet networks
Author
Eilenberger, Gert J.
Author_Institution
Bell Labs., Alcatel-Lucent Deutschland AG, Stuttgart, Germany
fYear
2011
Firstpage
1
Lastpage
3
Abstract
Future packet transport networks need to cope with rapidly growing Internet traffic. Hybrid architecture approaches combining limited electronic with massive optical switching can help to overcome the severe cost, energy and scalability issues.
Keywords
energy conservation; integrated optics; optical fibre networks; optical switches; energy efficient packet networks; integrated electrical/optical switching; packet transport networks; Energy efficiency; IP networks; Internet; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Switching circuits;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exposition (OFC/NFOEC), 2011 and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference
Conference_Location
Los Angeles, CA
ISSN
pending
Print_ISBN
978-1-4577-0213-6
Type
conf
Filename
5875614
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