Title :
Layered Control to Enable Large Scale SOA Switch Fabric
Author :
Aw, E.T. ; Lin, T. ; Wonfor, A. ; Glick, M. ; Williams, K.A. ; Penty, R.V. ; White, I.H.
Author_Institution :
Cambridge University Engineering Department, Trumpington St, Cambridge, UK, CB2 1PZ. Eta22@cam.ac.uk
Abstract :
A layered architecture is shown for construction and management of large-scale multi-stage SOA switch. The scheme is implemented in a 40Gb/s multi-stage SOA switch network. Output power of each packet is controlled to within 0.5dB.
Keywords :
Centralized control; Fabrics; Large-scale systems; Optical control; Optical switches; Power generation; Power semiconductor switches; Routing; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Voltage control;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communications, 2006. ECOC 2006. European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cannes, France
Print_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
Electronic_ISBN :
978-2-912328-39-7
DOI :
10.1109/ECOC.2006.4800927
