Title :
Feasibility issues of a high-speed photonic packet switching fabric based on WDM subnanosecond optical gates
Author :
Chiaroni, D. ; Sotom, M. ; Chauzat, C. ; De Bouard, D. ; Masetti, F. ; Jacquinot, J.-C. ; Moncelet, J.L. ; Bachmann, M. ; Doussiere, P. ; Goix, M. ; Grard, E.
Author_Institution :
Alcatel Corp. Res. Center, Alcatel Alsthom Recherche, Marcoussis, France
Abstract :
The broadcast-and-select matrix has been tested in a switching configuration at 2.5 Gbit/s. Up to 16/spl times/16 inputs/outputs and 32 buffer positions are feasible thanks to fast WDM optical gates and all optical wavelength converters.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre networks; optical frequency conversion; packet switching; photonic switching systems; 16/spl times/16 inputs; 2.5 Gbit/s; WDM subnanosecond optical gates; all optical wavelength converters; broadcast-and-select matrix; buffer positions; fast WDM optical gates; high-speed photonic packet switching fabric; switching configuration;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Communication, 1996. ECOC '96. 22nd European Conference on
Conference_Location :
Oslo, Norway
Print_ISBN :
82-423-0418-1
