Title :
An optical packet switch employing shared tunable parametric wavelength converters
Author :
Okonkwo, Chigo ; Almeida, Raul C., Jr. ; Guild, Kenneth M.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. & Electron. Syst., Univ. of Essex, Colchester
Abstract :
The analysis of a shared-per-node OPS switch employing parametric wavelength converters (SPN-PWC) is reported. The results demonstrate a 38 - 63% reduction in the number of converters when SPN-PWC is compared with SPN employing single-channel wavelength converters.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical switches; optical tuning; optical wavelength conversion; packet switching; optical fibre network; optical packet switching; parametric wavelength converter tuning; shared-per-node OPS switch network; Frequency conversion; Optical crosstalk; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Packet switching; Signal processing; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength converters; Contention Resolution; Optical Packet Switching; Parametric wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Photonics in Switching, 2008. PS 2008. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sapporo
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4326-0
Electronic_ISBN :
978-4-8855-2228-4
DOI :
10.1109/PS.2008.4804233
