Enabling Technologies for Next-Generation Optical Packet-Switching Networks

Author

Chang, Gee-Kung ; Yu, Jianjun ; Yeo, Yong-Kee ; Chowdhury, Arshad ; Jia, Zhensheng

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Georgia Inst. of Technol., Atlanta, GA

Volume

94

Issue

5

fYear

2006

fDate

5/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

892

Lastpage

910

Abstract

The optical packet-switching network is considered to be one of the most promising solutions for end-to-end delivery of high-bitrate data, video, and voice signals across optical networks of the future. Optical label switching (OLS) technology incurs simpler extraction and processing of the labels so that the optical packets can be routed with low latency to the destinations. We have developed several key enabling technologies for integrated optical networks, including optical label generation, label swapping, optical buffering, clock recovery, and wavelength conversion. We have designed and experimentally demonstrated these enabling techniques that can provide efficient broadband services in future optical networks

Keywords

multiprotocol label switching; optical fibre networks; optical wavelength conversion; photonic switching systems; synchronisation; clock recovery; generalized multiprotocol label switching; integrated optical networks; optical Internet; optical buffer; optical buffering; optical label generation; optical label swapping; optical label switching; optical packet-switching networks; wavelength conversion; wavelength division multiplexing; Clocks; Data mining; Delay; Integrated optics; Multiprotocol label switching; Next generation networking; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical wavelength conversion; Clock recovery; IP over wavelength division multiplexing (WDM); core networks; generalized multiprotocol label switching (GMPLS); optical Internet; optical buffer; optical label generation and swapping; optical label-switching network; optical packet switching; wavelength conversion;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Proceedings of the IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9219

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JPROC.2006.873433

Filename

1634533