Novel distributed slot synchronization technique for optical WDM packet networks

Author

Cerisola, M. ; Fong, T.K. ; Hofmeister, R.T. ; Kazovsky, L.G. ; Lu, C.L. ; Mekkittikul, A. ; Poggiolini, P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Stanford Univ., CA, USA

fYear

1996

fDate

25 Feb.-1 March 1996

Firstpage

314

Lastpage

315

Abstract

Recently, a number of projects aimed at the implementation of optical packet-switched network prototypes have been announced. A common and critical element of these networks is the need to achieve time-slot synchronization over the whole network. Stanford University is currently implementing CORD, a two-node optical wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) packet-switched network testbed with a star topology, featuring all-optical receiver contention resolution by means of optical switches and delay lines. This paper describes a flexible, distributed digital slot synchronization technique for CORD which is robust and scalable.

Keywords

optical fibre networks; packet switching; synchronisation; wavelength division multiplexing; CORD; all-optical receiver; distributed time-slot synchronization; optical WDM packet-switched network; optical delay lines; optical switches; star topology; Delay lines; Network topology; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical receivers; Optical switches; Prototypes; Testing; WDM networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communications, 1996. OFC '96

Print_ISBN

1-55752-422-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.1996.908321

Filename

908321