Shared-by-wavelength-switches: a node architecture using small optical switches and shared wavelength converters

Author

Chan, Tony K C ; Wong, Eric W M ; Leung, Yiu-Wing

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong

Volume

18

Issue

12

fYear

2006

fDate

6/1/2006 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1335

Lastpage

1337

Abstract

Wavelength converters can significantly improve the blocking performance of all-optical networks. The existing node architectures require large optical switches for sharing the wavelength converters. This letter proposes a new node architecture called shared-by-wavelength-switches . This node architecture requires significantly smaller and cheaper optical switches for sharing the wavelength converters while it gives nearly the same blocking performance as the existing node architectures

Keywords

optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical switches; optical wavelength conversion; all-optical networks; blocking performance; node architecture; shared wavelength converters; shared-by-wavelength-switches; small optical switches; All-optical networks; Micromechanical devices; Mirrors; Optical control; Optical crosstalk; Optical fibers; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Switching converters; Wavelength converters; All-optical networks; optical switches; wavelength converters;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1041-1135

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LPT.2006.877009

Filename

1638501