Title :
Demonstration of a complete and fully functional end-to-end asynchronous optical packet switched network
Author :
Nejabati, Reza ; Klonidis, Dimitrios ; Zervas, Georgios ; Simeonidou, Dimitra ; O´Mahony, Michael
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Syst. Eng., Essex Univ., UK
Abstract :
A fully functional optical packet switched network able to transport variable length and asynchronous optical packets is demonstrated. This includes packet switching, label recognition and rewriting, fast laser tuning, wavelength conversion, optical packet transceiver functionality.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical receivers; optical transmitters; optical wavelength conversion; packet switching; end-to-end asynchronous switched network; label recognition; optical packet switched network; optical packet transceiver; wavelength conversion; High speed optical techniques; Laser tuning; Nonlinear optics; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215614
