Title :
Field Experiments With a Grooming Switch for OTDM Meshed Networking
Author :
Zarris, George ; Hugues-Salas, E. ; Gonzalez, Norberto Amaya ; Weerasuriya, R. ; Parmigiani, F. ; Hillerkuss, D. ; Vorreau, P. ; Spyropoulou, M. ; Ibrahim, Selwan K. ; Ellis, A.D. ; Morais, R. ; Monteiro, Pedro ; Petropoulos, P. ; Richardson, D.J. ; Tomko
Author_Institution :
Photonic Networks Lab., Univ. of Essex, Colchester, UK
Abstract :
Field experiments of 42.7/128.1 Gb/s wavelength-division multiplexed, optical time-division multiplexed (WDM-OTDM) transmultiplexing and all-optical dual-wavelength regeneration at the OTDM rate are presented in this paper. By using the asynchronous retiming scheme, we achieve error-free bufferless data grooming with time-slot interchange capability for OTDM meshed networking. We demonstrate excellent performance from the system, discuss scalability, applicability, and the potential reach of the asynchronous retiming scheme for transparent OTDM-domain interconnection.
Keywords :
optical switches; transmultiplexing; wavelength division multiplexing; OTDM; OTDM meshed networking; all-optical dual-wavelength regeneration; asynchronous retiming scheme; bit rate 128.1 Gbit/s; bit rate 42.7 Gbit/s; grooming switch; optical time-division multiplexed transmultiplexing; transparent OTDM-domain interconnection; wavelength-division multiplexing; Optical communication; optical signal processing; synchronization; time-division multiplexing; ultrafast optics;
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2009.2034121
