Packet-by-packet wavelength-routing interconnect technique for 5 Tbit/s switching system

Author

Matsuura, Nobuyoshi ; Yamakoshi, K. ; Oki, E. ; Yamanaka, N. ; Ohyama, T. ; Akahori, Y.

Author_Institution

NTT Network Service Syst. Labs., NTT Corp., Tokyo, Japan

Volume

38

Issue

2

fYear

2002

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

83

Abstract

A packet-by-packet wavelength-routing interconnect technique for a 5 Tbit/s switching system with a three-stage architecture has been demonstrated. The technique uses an optical wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) link and dynamic bandwidth-sharing among wavelengths. The inter-stage, electro-optical interconnection subsystem was fabricated using very compact 2.5 Gbit/s, eight-wavelength WDM transmitters/receivers and an arrayed-waveguide grating router.

Keywords

diffraction gratings; electro-optical switches; optical arrays; optical fibre networks; optical interconnections; optical receivers; optical transmitters; packet switching; photonic switching systems; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; 2.5 Gbit/s; 5 Tbit/s; 5 Tbit/s switching system; WDM link; arrayed-waveguide grating router; dynamic bandwidth-sharing; inter-stage electro-optical interconnection subsystem; optical wavelength division multiplexing link; packet-by-packet wavelength-routing interconnect technique; three-stage architecture; very compact 2.5 Gbit/s eight-wavelength WDM transmitters/receivers;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Electronics Letters

Publisher

iet

ISSN

0013-5194

Type

jour

DOI

10.1049/el:20020058

Filename

981581