First field trial of optical label-based switching and packet drop on a 477 km NTON/Sprint link

Author

Hernandez, Vincent J ; Pan, Z. ; Cao, Jun ; Bansal, Yogita ; Zhang, Ye ; Jeon, M.Y. ; Yoo, S.J.B. ; Bond, Steven W. ; Lennon, W.J. ; Higashi, Hiroshi ; Lyles, B. ; McDonald, Reuben

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., California Univ., Davis, CA, USA

fYear

2002

fDate

17-22 Mar 2002

Firstpage

168

Lastpage

169

Abstract

We have demonstrated for the first time in our knowledge optical label-based wavelength switching and packet drop over actual field fiber. We have shown SCM-formatted optical labeling transmission with less than 2 dB power penalty for both label and payload over 476 km of fiber. The optical label switching achieves packet drop and re-transmission of the remaining packet.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; packet switching; subcarrier multiplexing; telecommunication network reliability; wavelength division multiplexing; 476 km; 477 km; NTON/Sprint link; SCM-formatted optical labeling transmission; actual field fiber; field trial; optical label switching; optical label-based switching; optical label-based wavelength switching; packet drop; payload; power penalty; remaining packet re-transmission; Arrayed waveguide gratings; Channel spacing; Circuits; Laboratories; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical transmitters; Packet switching; Payloads; Shape measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference and Exhibit, 2002. OFC 2002

Print_ISBN

1-55752-701-6

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2002.1036280

Filename

1036280