Title :
All-optical NACK for fast packet retransmission in AWGR-based optical switches
Author :
Proietti, Roberto ; Yu, Runxiang ; Yin, Shuang ; Yin, Yawei ; Ye, Xiaohui ; Akella, Venkatesh ; Yoo, S.J.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Univ. of California, Davis, CA, USA
Abstract :
This paper presents an all-optical technique to provide an on-the-fly physical layer negative acknowledgement for packet retransmission in AWGR-based all-optical switches for datacom. Fast NACK notification and packet retransmission is demonstrated.
Keywords :
optical interconnections; optical switches; AWGR; all optical NACK notification; datacom; fast packet retransmission; on-the-fly physical layer negative acknowledgement; optical switches; Fiber optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical buffering; Optical packet switching; Optical reflection; Optical sensors; Optical switches;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication (ECOC), 2011 37th European Conference and Exhibition on
Conference_Location :
Geneva
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1918-9
