Title :
Demonstration of programmable broadband packet multicasting in an oOptical switching fabric test-bed
Author :
Lai, Caroline P. ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY
Abstract :
Multicasting of broadband optical messages is experimentally demonstrated in a programmable optical switching test-bed. Wavelength-striped optical packets with 8 times 10 Gb/s payloads are multicasted error-free through the fabric, with confirmed scalability to 40 Gb/s data rates.
Keywords :
broadband networks; multicast communication; optical fibre networks; packet switching; broadband optical message; programmable broadband packet multicasting; programmable optical switching test-bed; wavelength-striped optical packets; Bandwidth; Communication switching; Fabrics; Optical buffering; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Packet switching; Payloads; Testing; (060.4250) Networks; (060.4255) Networks, multicast; (060.4510) Optical communications;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication - incudes post deadline papers, 2009. OFC 2009. Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2606-5
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-865-0
