Virtual multiple optical ring networks for interconnecting metropolitan IP/WDM routers using an N×N arrayed waveguide grating

Author

Chae, Chang-Joon ; Tucker, Rodney

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Univ. of Melbourne, Vic., Australia

Volume

1

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

95

Abstract

We propose a virtual multiple ring network architecture to transport IP traffic in the metro region in a cost-effective way. Packets from a router follow different light paths depending on the destination. We experimentally show its feasibility by confirming the designed light path diagram and measuring bit error rates down to 10^-10 at 2.5 Gbit/s

Keywords

Internet; diffraction gratings; integrated optics; metropolitan area networks; optical arrays; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; telecommunication network routing; transport protocols; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; IP traffic transport; Internet protocol; N×N arrayed waveguide grating; bit error rates; interconnecting; light path diagram; metropolitan IP/WDM routers; virtual multiple optical ring networks; Arrayed waveguide gratings; High speed optical techniques; Internet; Optical fiber cables; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical scattering; Optical waveguides; Photonics; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2001. LEOS 2001. The 14th Annual Meeting of the IEEE

Conference_Location

San Diego, CA

ISSN

1092-8081

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7105-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LEOS.2001.969190

Filename

969190