Title :
Feasibility demonstration of a 40Tbit/s optical optical fabric for a new generation of 160 Tbit/s packet switch/routers
Author :
Chiaroni, Dominique ; Taji, Chadia ; Houssin, Jean-Michel
Author_Institution :
Alcatel CIT, Route de Nozay, 91460 Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
This paper demonstrates a feasibility for a 40Tbit/s capacity optical switching fabric in one single plane based on a broadcast-and-select architecture. This architecture is a potential candidate for the next generation of multi-Terabit-class packet switch/routers.
Keywords :
Fabrics; Optical packet switching; Optical switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4801305
