Title :
Ultra-low latency optical packet switching node
Author :
Small, Benjamin A. ; Shacham, Assaf ; Bergman, Keren
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. Eng., Columbia Univ., New York, NY, USA
fDate :
7/1/2005 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A photonic packet switching node is introduced, and its routing latency is shown to be 15.3 ns. The power penalty of the node at a bit-error rate (BER) of 10-9 is confirmed to be approximately 0.2 dB across 33 nm of the C-band for 10-Gb/s payload wavelengths. Moreover, multiple-wavelength packets containing 16 payload wavelengths can be switched while maintaining BERs of 10-12 or better.
Keywords :
error statistics; optical fibre networks; optical switches; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; 10 Gbit/s; 15.3 ns; BER; bit-error rate; optical packet switching node; power penalty; routing latency; Bit error rate; Delay; Optical filters; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Packet switching; Payloads; Switching systems; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wavelength routing; Interconnection networks; packet switching; photonic switching systems; wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM);
Journal_Title :
Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LPT.2005.848276
