Title :
A 40Gbit/s Gateless Multicast-Capable Optical Switch Fabric
Author :
Yeo, Yong-Kee ; Yu, Jianjun ; Chang, Gee-Kung
Author_Institution :
Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta
Abstract :
An optical switch fabric that is based on a new broadcast-and-select architecture is modified for use in a 40Gbit/s hybrid optical router for the first time. Compared to the other broadcast-and-select architectures, the new design eliminates the use of ON-OFF gates, and it requires a lower component count for implementation.
Keywords :
multicast communication; optical burst switching; optical fibre networks; photonic switching systems; telecommunication network routing; bit rate 40 Gbit/s; broadcast-and-select architecture; gateless multicast-capable optical switch fabric; hybrid optical router; on-off gates; Broadcasting; Fabrics; High speed optical techniques; IP networks; National electric code; Optical buffering; Optical computing; Optical modulation; Optical switches; Repeaters; Broadcast; SOA; broadcast-and-select architecture; multicast; optical switch fabrics;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2006. PS '06. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Heraklion, Crete
Print_ISBN :
978-0-7803-9790-3
Electronic_ISBN :
978-0-7803-9790-3
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2006.4350197
