Title :
Priority encoding scheme for contention resolution in optical packet-switched networks
Author :
Lai, Caroline P. ; Wang, Howard ; Shacham, Assaf ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY
Abstract :
A priority encoding scheme is introduced for an optical switching fabric testbed, resolving contention by dropping low priority messages. Optical packets with 6times10 Gb/s payloads are routed error-free.
Keywords :
encoding; optical fibre networks; optical switches; packet switching; bit rate 60 Gbit/s; contention resolution; low priority message dropping; optical packet-switched networks; priority encoding scheme; Encoding; Fabrics; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical filters; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Payloads; Routing; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 2008. ECOC 2008. 34th European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Brussels
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2227-2
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2228-9
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2008.4729514
