Title :
Multipath routing in a fully scheduled integrated optical switch fabric
Author :
Stabile, R. ; Wang, H. ; Wonfor, A. ; Wang, K. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H. ; Williams, K.A.
Author_Institution :
COBRA Res. Inst., Tech. Univ. Eindhoven, Eindhoven, Netherlands
Abstract :
A compact and efficient control plane has been implemented to demonstrate multipath routing for a twenty-electrode photonic integrated circuit with round-robin scheduling. A single slot clock with 3.2 μs packet period dynamically cycles connections between all input and output ports.
Keywords :
integrated optics; integrated optoelectronics; multipath channels; packet switching; photonic switching systems; telecommunication network routing; integrated optical switch fabric; multipath routing; optical control plane; packet period; round-robin scheduling; single slot clock; twenty-electrode photonic integrated circuit; Integrated optics; Optical attenuators; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Routing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2010 36th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Torino
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8536-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-8534-5
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2010.5621152
