Title :
Passive shared media systems
Author :
Prucnal, Paul ; Perrier, Philippe
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
A passive shared media space-division photonic switching architecture with the potential for extremely high dimensionality is presented. The architecture, which resembles a collapsed network, eliminates the restrictions 2×2 switching elements impose in classical space-division switching architectures by providing a dedicated path for all input- and output-port connections on a common transmission medium. Switching between two input ports and three output ports of a space-division time-multiplexed photonic switch with 120×120 input/output port capacity was demonstrated. The aggregate throughput was 12 Gb/s
Keywords :
channel capacity; code division multiple access; crosstalk; frequency division multiple access; optical interconnections; optical switches; switching systems; time division multiple access; 12 Gbit/s; CDMA; FDMA; aggregate throughput; crosstalk; input/output port capacity; passive shared media systems; space-division photonic switching; time-multiplexed photonic switch; Communication switching; Optical arrays; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Repeaters; Telecommunication switching;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 1990. ICC '90, Including Supercomm Technical Sessions. SUPERCOMM/ICC '90. Conference Record., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Atlanta, GA
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.1990.117249
