Title : 
Utilizing path diversity in optical packet switched interconnection networks
         
        
            Author : 
Shacham, Assaf ; Bergman, Keren
         
        
            Author_Institution : 
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
         
        
        
        
            Abstract : 
The concept of path adjustments is introduced as a mean of increasing the utilization of optical packet switched networks. Simulation results show substantial performance improvement under uniform and non-uniform traffic, and an experimental demonstration proves feasibility.
         
        
            Keywords : 
diversity reception; optical fibre networks; packet switching; telecommunication traffic; nonuniform traffic; optical packet switched interconnection networks; path diversity utilization; substantial performance improvement; Bandwidth; Delay; Intelligent networks; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical pulses; Routing; Telecommunication traffic;
         
        
        
        
            Conference_Titel : 
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
         
        
            Print_ISBN : 
1-55752-803-9
         
        
        
            DOI : 
10.1109/OFC.2006.215429