• DocumentCode
    2024302
  • Title

    Optical packet switching

  • Author

    Blumenthal, Daniel J.

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Santa Barbara, CA, USA
  • Volume
    2
  • fYear
    2004
  • fDate
    7-11 Nov. 2004
  • Firstpage
    910
  • Abstract
    In this talk we will describe the motivation, background and state-of-the-art in optical packet switching architectures, the underlying technology and challenges. Recent optical packet switching demonstration at data rates from 2.5 Gbps to 160 Gbps will be described.
  • Keywords
    optical fibre networks; packet switching; telecommunication network routing; optical packet switching; Computer architecture; Fabrics; Multiprotocol label switching; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Packet switching; Routing;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Lasers and Electro-Optics Society, 2004. LEOS 2004. The 17th Annual Meeting of the IEEE
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7803-8557-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/LEOS.2004.1363540
  • Filename
    1363540