Title :
Transparent optical packet switching: network architecture and demonstrators in the KEOPS project
Author :
Gambini, Piero ; Renaud, Monique ; Guillemot, Christian ; Callegati, Franco ; Andonovic, Ivan ; Bostica, Bruno ; Chiaroni, Dominique ; Corazza, Giorgio ; Danielsen, Soeren Lykke ; Gravey, Philippe ; Hansen, Peter Bukhave ; Henry, Michel ; Janz, Christophe
Author_Institution :
Centro Studi E Lab. Telecommun., CSELT, Torino, Italy
fDate :
9/1/1998 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper reviews the work carried out in the ACTS KEOPS (Keys to Optical Packet Switching) project, describing the results obtained to date. The main objective of the project is the definition, development, and assessment of optical packet switching and routing networks, capable of providing transparency to the payload bit rate, using optical packets of fixed duration and low bit rate headers in order to enable easier processing at the network/node interfaces. The feasibility of the KEOPS concept is assessed by modeling, laboratory experiments, and testbed implementation of optical packet switching nodes and network/node interfacing blocks, including a fully equipped demonstrator. The demonstration relies on advanced optoelectronic components, developed within the project, which are described
Keywords :
network interfaces; optical fibre networks; optoelectronic devices; packet switching; photonic switching systems; research initiatives; telecommunication network routing; ACTS; KEOPS project; Keys to Optical Packet Switching; fixed duration header; laboratory experiments; low bit rate header; modeling; network architecture; network demonstrators; network/node interfaces; network/node interfacing blocks; optical packet switching nodes; optical routing networks; optoelectronic components; payload bit rate; photonic packet switched networks; synchronisation; testbed implementation; transparent optical packet switching; Bit rate; Communication switching; High speed optical techniques; Intelligent networks; Laboratories; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Routing; Telecommunications; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Journal_Title :
Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on
