Hybrid optoelectronic router for asynchronous optical packets

Author

Takahashi, R. ; Urata, R. ; Takenouchi, H. ; Nakahara, T.

Author_Institution

NTT Photonics Labs., NTT Corp., Atsugi, Japan

fYear

2009

fDate

15-19 Sept. 2009

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

2

Abstract

A hybrid optoelectronic router which optimally utilizes both optical and electrical technologies is promising for reducing power, size, and latency, with the ability to process arbitrary-length ultrafast asynchronous optical packets and support flexible, IP-related services (QoS, TTL, multicast routing, etc.).

Keywords

CMOS integrated circuits; buffer storage; integrated optoelectronics; low-power electronics; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; optical storage; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; CMOS; QoS; TTL; arbitrary-length ultrafast asynchronous optical packet switched network; electrical technology; flexible IP-related service; hybrid optoelectronic router; latency reduction; multicast routing; optical buffer; optical label processing; optical technology; power reduction; size reduction; Buffer storage; CMOS process; Delay; Fabrics; High speed optical techniques; Optical buffering; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Photonics; Ultrafast optics; optical buffer; optical label processing; optical packet switching; optical router;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Photonics in Switching, 2009. PS '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Pisa

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3857-0

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3856-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PS.2009.5307752

Filename

5307752