Title :
Multi-hop optical label swapping using synchronous phase modulation
Author :
Yi, Xingwen ; Shieh, William ; Tran, An Vu
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Melbourne Univ., Vic., Australia
Abstract :
We demonstrate cascaded optical label swapping using synchronous phase modulation without wavelength conversion via a re-circulating loop to emulate multi-hop networks. We find the power penalties for both label and payload are below 1 dB after 5 hops.
Keywords :
optical fibre networks; optical modulation; phase modulation; cascaded optical label swapping; multihop networks; multihop optical label swapping; power penalties; recirculating loop; synchronous phase modulation; Differential quadrature phase shift keying; Multiprotocol label switching; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Optical transmitters; Optical wavelength conversion; Payloads; Phase modulation;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2006 and the 2006 National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference. OFC 2006
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-803-9
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2006.215834
