DocumentCode
399200
Title
Multistage architectures for optical packet switching using SOA-based broadcast-and-select switches
Author
Develder, C. ; Cheyns, J. ; Pickavet, M. ; Demeester, P.
Author_Institution
Ghent Univ., Belgium
fYear
2003
fDate
23-28 March 2003
Firstpage
794
Abstract
Optical packet/burst switches can be scaled to high port counts using multistage architectures. To reduce the number of switching elements in SOA-based broadcast-and-select architectures, we deploy only a few stages while exploiting the WDM dimension.
Keywords
optical switches; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication switching; wavelength division multiplexing; 80 km; SOA-based broadcast-and-select switches; WDM; multistage architectures; optical burst switches; optical packet switching; Broadcasting; Fabrics; Multiprotocol label switching; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN
1-55752-746-6
Type
conf
DOI
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248577
Filename
1248577
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