Title :
Demonstration of an Application-aware Hybrid Optical Burst/Circuit Switched Ingress Edge Router for Future Optical Networks
Author :
Zervas, Georgios ; Nejabati, Reza ; Simeonidou, Dimitra ; Mahony, Mike O.
Author_Institution :
Department of Electronic Systems Engineering, University of Essex, Colchester, CO4 3SQ, UK, gzerva@essex.ac.uk
Abstract :
This paper demonstrates an application-aware optical burst/circuit switched ingress router able to map IP traffic into optical bursts or optical circuits. The solution utilises a fast widely tuneable laser and a high speed hardware platform.
Keywords :
Communication system traffic control; Delay; Field programmable gate arrays; Hardware; High speed optical techniques; Laser tuning; Optical fiber networks; Switching circuits; Telecommunication traffic; Tunable circuits and devices;
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.2006.4801087
