DocumentCode
356522
Title
Optical architecture for multi-terabit IP routers
Author
Hunter, D.K. ; Andonovic, I.
Author_Institution
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
Volume
3
fYear
2000
fDate
7-10 March 2000
Firstpage
298
Abstract
A novel architecture is proposed for future multi-terabit Internet protocol routers, employing multiple cascaded stages of optical switching and buffering. External synchronisation is not required, and a void-filling algorithm simplifies hardware requirements.
Keywords
Internet; access protocols; optical fiber networks; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network routing; wavelength division multiplexing; external synchronisation; hardware requirements; multi-terabit IP routers; multi-terabit Internet protocol routers; multiple cascaded stages; optical architecture; optical buffering; optical switching; void-filling algorithm; Hardware; Optical buffering; Optical design; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Optical wavelength conversion; Propagation delay; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Wavelength division multiplexing;
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.2000.868595
Filename
868595
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