Optical networking at IBM

Author

Liu, Karen

Author_Institution

IBM Thomas J. Watson Res. Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA

Volume

2

fYear

1994

fDate

31 Oct-3 Nov 1994

Firstpage

108

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;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

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

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.1994.586341

Filename

586341