Title :
Ultrafast photonic ATM switch based on time-division broadcast-and-select network
Author :
Tsukada, Masato ; Shimazu, Yoshihiro
Author_Institution :
NTT Commun. Switching Lab., Tokyo, Japan
Abstract :
A description is presented of the hardware implementation and a design example is given of an ultrafast photonic asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) (ULPHA) switch. Experimental results are presented of the generation and the self-routing switching of ultrafast optical cells. For hardware implementation, new cell coder and buffer configurations are proposed, and for the design example, it is shown that this switch can achieve 102 Gb/s throughput. In addition, the generation of 16 bit, 20 Gb/s optical cells and a demonstration of 4 bit, 20 Gb/s cell selection using a wavelength multiplexing technique are presented
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; optical switches; 102 Gbit/s; 20 Gbit/s; asynchronous transfer mode; buffer configurations; cell coder; photonic ATM switch; self-routing switching; time-division broadcast-and-select network; ultrafast optical cells; wavelength multiplexing; Asynchronous transfer mode; Broadcasting; Communication switching; Hardware; Optical buffering; Optical sensors; Optical switches; Road transportation; Throughput; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 1991. GLOBECOM '91. 'Countdown to the New Millennium. Featuring a Mini-Theme on: Personal Communications Services
Conference_Location :
Phoenix, AZ
Print_ISBN :
0-87942-697-7
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.1991.188567