Wavelength Swapping using Tunable Lasers for Fractional λ Switching

Author

Viet-Thang Nguyen ; Baldi, M. ; Lo Cigno, Renato ; Ofek, Y.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Telecommun., Trento Univ.

fYear

2005

fDate

18-18 Sept. 2005

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

Fractional lambda switching (Flambda;S) is a novel proposal for the management of all-optical networks with sub-wavelength provisioning capability. The unique characteristic of Flambda;S is the utilization of the UTC (coordinated universal time) for alignment and switching. Several central research issues are still open in Flambda;S and need to be formally defined and analyzed. Within the scope of this paper, we introduce three novel switch architecture designs that are based on the use of tunable lasers. As an important goal, we introduce the notion "scheduling feasibility" that measure the number of possible different scheduling between an input and output time-frames

Keywords

laser tuning; optical communication equipment; optical fibre networks; telecommunication network management; telecommunication switching; all-optical networks management; coordinated universal time; fractional lambda switching; scheduling feasibility; sub-wavelength provisioning capability; switch architecture; tunable lasers; wavelength swapping; All-optical networks; Bandwidth; Channel capacity; Optical buffering; Optical control; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Proposals; Telecommunication traffic; Tunable circuits and devices; optical networks; scheduling; sub-lambda switching; time-driven switching; tunable laser;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local and Metropolitan Area Networks, 2005. LANMAN 2005. The 14th IEEE Workshop on

Conference_Location

Crete

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9565-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LANMAN.2005.1541530

Filename

1541530