Title :
Novel packet architecture for all-optical ultrafast packet-switching networks
Author :
Forghieri, Fabrizio ; Bononi, Alberto ; Prucnal, Paul R.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Princeton Univ., NJ, USA
Abstract :
Header recognition and packet detection in all-optical networks using on/off optical ultrafast signalling at a fixed wavelength can be implemented by means of recently demonstrated optical sampling AND gates. A novel packet structure in which the header is spread in a TDM fashion over the optical packet allows the number of such AND gates to be minimised in the routing and receiving blocks thereby best exploiting the required electronics.
Keywords :
optical fibres; optical links; packet switching; TDM fashion; all-optical ultrafast packet-switching networks; on/off optical ultrafast signalling; optical sampling AND gates; packet architecture; receiving blocks; routing;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19921473