Title :
Techniques for optical packet switching and optical burst switching
Author :
Xu, Lisong ; Perros, Harry G. ; Rouskas, George
Author_Institution :
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC, USA
fDate :
1/1/2001 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Wavelength-division multiplexing appears to be the solution of choice for providing a faster networking infrastructure that can meet the explosive growth of the Internet. Several different technologies have been developed so far for the transfer of data over WDM. We survey two new technologies which are still in the experimental stage-optical packet switching and optical burst switching-and comment on their suitability for transporting IP traffic
Keywords :
optical switches; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication switching; telecommunication traffic; transport protocols; wavelength division multiplexing; IP traffic transport; Internet; WDM; contention resolution; lightpaths; networking infrastructure; optical burst switching; optical packet switching; packet coding; wavelength routing switch; wavelength-division multiplexing; Code division multiplexing; Fabrics; Optical burst switching; Optical fiber networks; Optical network units; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Payloads; Telecommunication traffic; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Communications Magazine, IEEE
