Title :
Optical networking at IBM
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA
fDate :
31 Oct-3 Nov 1994
Abstract :
The role of optics, usually fiber optics, in high performance networks at IBM Research runs the gamut from pure transmission to dynamic WDM routing. While the use of fiber optics in transmission has been well established for some time, the use of optics in more complex functions has been inhibited by the disparity in complexity between what optics can do and what electronics does in existing networks today. This paper describes a few projects which address the interfaces between optics and electronics, and between traditionally device issues and traditionally networking issues in the use of wavelength-division multiplexing
Keywords :
wavelength division multiplexing; IBM; IBM Research; dynamic WDM routing; fiber optics; high performance networks; networking issues; optical networking; optics/electronics interfaces; pure transmission; wavelength-division multiplexing; Optical arrays; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Optical sensors; Optical transmitters; Protocols; Routing; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics Society Annual Meeting, 1994. LEOS '94 Conference Proceedings. IEEE
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1470-0
DOI :
10.1109/LEOS.1994.586341
