Title :
Autonomous optical buffer with function of storing multiple packets in each of fiber delay lines
Author :
Kishikawa, Hiroki ; Umegae, Hirotaka ; Shiramizu, Yoshitomo ; Oda, Jiro ; Goto, Nobuo ; Yanagiya, Shin-ichiro
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Opt. Sci. & Technol., Univ. of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
Abstract :
An autonomous first-in-first-out buffering system consisting of feedback-looped parallel fibers is proposed. Each fiber can store multiple packets. Buffering performances such as packet loss rate and delay time are improved compared to previously reported system.
Keywords :
optical communication equipment; optical delay lines; autonomous first-in-first-out buffering system; autonomous optical buffer; buffering performances; delay time; feedback-looped parallel fibers; fiber delay lines; packet loss rate; Delay; Optical buffering; Optical fibers; Optical packet switching; Optical sensors; Optical switches;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4