Title :
Resolving Contention in an Optical Packet Switching Network by using the Active Vertical-Coupler-Based Optical Crosspoint Switch, a Delay Buffer and Electronic Header Processing
Author :
Van Der Merwe, Jocobus Stefanus ; Geldenhuys, Ronelle ; Thakulsukanant, Kornkamol ; Chi, Nan ; Wang, Zhuoran ; Yu, Siyuan
Author_Institution :
Department of Electrical, Electronic and Computer Engineering, University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa, E-mail: js@up.ac.za
Abstract :
We demonstrate that if two optical packets arrive at the optical switch at the same time and are destined for the same output port, the contention is detected by electronic control and resolved with a delay buffer.t
Keywords :
Artificial intelligence; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical switches;
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.2006.4801316
