• DocumentCode
    2318341
  • Title

    Limits of effective throughput of optical burst switches based on semiconductor optical amplifiers

  • Author

    Buchta, H. ; Patzak, E. ; Saniter, J. ; Gauger, C.

  • Author_Institution
    Heinrich-Hertz-Inst. fur Nachrichtentech. Berlin GmbH, Germany
  • fYear
    2003
  • fDate
    23-28 March 2003
  • Firstpage
    215
  • Abstract
    Both signal degradation and burst losses limit the effective throughput of optical burst switches. These limitations are analyzed for different burst switch architectures, bit rates, and numbers of fibers and wavelengths.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre communication; optical fibre losses; optical switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication switching; wavelength division multiplexing; bit rate; burst losses; burst switch architectures; optical burst switches; semiconductor optical amplifiers; signal degradation; Optical buffering; Optical burst switching; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Stimulated emission; Throughput; Wavelength division multiplexing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
  • Print_ISBN
    1-55752-746-6
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/OFC.2003.1247611
  • Filename
    1247611