Title :
Q factor measurements of photonic ATM switch with four-channel FDM output buffer at 2.5 and 10 Gbit/s
Author :
Misawa, A. ; Matsunaga, T.
Author_Institution :
NTT Network Syst. Dev. Center, Tokyo, Japan
fDate :
8/15/1996 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A 4×4 photonic ATM switch at bit rates of 2.5 and 10 Gbit/s is demonstrated. The proposed switch is a broadcast-and-select network type switch with FDM output buffers. The dynamic routing power penalty was evaluated by using the Q factor at a very low bit error rate of 10 -15
Keywords :
Q-factor measurement; asynchronous transfer mode; frequency division multiplexing; measurement errors; photonic switching systems; telecommunication network routing; 10 Gbit/s; 2.5 Gbit/s; 4×4 photonic ATM switch; FDM output buffers; Q factor measurements; bit rates; broadcast-and-select network type switch; dynamic routing power penalty; four-channel FDM output buffer; photonic ATM switch; very low bit error rate;
Journal_Title :
Electronics Letters
DOI :
10.1049/el:19961078