Variable-bit-rate header recognition for reconfigurable networks using tunable fiber-Bragg-gratings as optical correlators

Author

Cardakli, M.C. ; Gurkan, D. ; Havstad, S.A. ; Willner, A.E.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. Syst., Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

Volume

1

fYear

2000

fDate

7-10 March 2000

Firstpage

213

Abstract

We demonstrate variable-bit-rate recognition of the header information in a data packet. Our technique is reconfigurable for different header sequences and uses optical correlators as look-up tables. We use this optical technique to recognize the header and switch a series of incoming data packets at 155 Mb/s, 622 Mb/s, and 2.5 Gb/s to one of two outputs in a reconfigurable network. Penalty-fee routing with a 1.6 ns guard time is achieved.

Keywords

Bragg gratings; Optical correlation; Optical fiber networks; Optical tuning; Reconfigurable architectures; header information; incoming data packets; look-up tables; optical correlators; penalty-fee routing; reconfigurable networks; tunable fiber-Bragg-gratings; variable-bit-rate header recognition; Bragg gratings; Correlators; Fiber gratings; Hydrogen; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Packet switching; Table lookup; Tunable circuits and devices;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Fiber Communication Conference, 2000

Conference_Location

Baltimore, MD, USA

Print_ISBN

1-55752-630-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/OFC.2000.868420

Filename

868420