Title :
Error-free 31-hop cascaded operation of an optical packet switching router with all-optical 3R regeneration
Author :
Pan, Zhong ; Zhu, Zuqing ; Funabashi, Masaki ; Yang, Haijun ; Karalar, O. Aytug ; Marsland, Robert A. ; Yoo, S.J.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., USA
Abstract :
This paper demonstrates 31-hop cascaded operation of an optical-label switching router. The all-optical 3R regeneration enables error-free 31-hop cascaded packet switching with no additional penalty beyond 3 hops up to 31 hops.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical repeaters; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; all-optical 3R regeneration; optical packet switching router; Nonlinear optics; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical interferometry; Optical noise; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Payloads; Repeaters;
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.2006.216024
