Title :
Optical flow switching
Author :
Chan, Vincent W. S.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Massachusetts Inst. of Technol., Cambridge, MA, USA
Abstract :
Present-day networks are being challenged by dramatic increases in bandwidth demand of emerging applications. We will explore a new transport, ¿optical flow switching¿, that will enable significant growth, power-efficiency and cost-effective scalability of next-generation networks.
Keywords :
bandwidth allocation; optical communication; telecommunication switching; bandwidth demand; cost-effective scalability; next-generation networks; optical flow switching; power-efficiency; Bandwidth; Communication switching; Computer architecture; Costs; Image motion analysis; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Packet switching; Passive optical networks; Scalability;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication (OFC), collocated National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference, 2010 Conference on (OFC/NFOEC)
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-55752-884-1
