Title :
Performance evaluation of a WDM optical packet switch with multicast capability
Author :
Huang, Qirui ; Zhong, Wen-De ; Chen, Wen
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Nanyang Technol. Univ., Singapore, Singapore
Abstract :
This paper investigates a WDM optical packet switch with multicast capability which is based on a broadcast-and-select architecture. The switch enables to deliver simultaneously multiple optical packets destined for the same output fiber of the switch. The simulation results show that the presented WDM optical packet switch can achieve much better performance on packet loss probability and average delay with fewer fiber delay lines in comparison with single wavelength optical packet switches.
Keywords :
multicast communication; optical fibre communication; packet switching; performance evaluation; probability; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM optical packet switch; broadcast-and-select architecture; fiber delay lines; multicast capability; multiple optical packets; output fiber; packet loss probability; performance evaluation; single wavelength optical packet switches; Broadcasting; Optical buffering; Optical fiber networks; Optical fibers; Optical filters; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Packet switching; Unicast; Wavelength division multiplexing; Optical packet switching (OPS); multicast; tunable filter; wavelength converter;
Conference_Titel :
Information, Communications and Signal Processing, 2009. ICICS 2009. 7th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Macau
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4656-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4657-5
DOI :
10.1109/ICICS.2009.5397525
