Title :
Highly-scalable load-balanced router with optical switch fabric
Author :
Simsarian, J.E. ; Gripp, J. ; Duelk, M. ; Peiró, R. ; Bernasconi, P. ; Stiliadis, D. ; Zirngibl, M.
Author_Institution :
Lucent Technol., Bell Labs., Holmdel, NJ, USA
Abstract :
A novel load-balanced optical packet router architecture is proposed and demonstrated. High scalability and reduced complexity are achieved by using optical switch fabrics, FPGA-based 10 Gbit/s packet processors and no centralised scheduler.
Keywords :
field programmable gate arrays; optical switches; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; 10 Gbit/s; FPGA; highly scalable load balanced router; optical packet router architecture; optical switch fabric; packet processors;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:20047016
