FLAMINGO: a packet-switched IP-over-WDM all-optical MAN

Author

Dey, D. ; van Bochove, A. ; Koonen, A. ; Geuzebroek, D. ; Salvador, M.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Electr. Eng., Twente Univ., Enschede, Netherlands

Volume

3

fYear

2001

fDate

2001

Firstpage

480

Abstract

FLAMINGO (flexible multiwavelength optical local access network supporting multimedia broadband services) is a research project supported by the Dutch Technology Foundation, STW. We describe the architecture for the all-optical wavelength-and-time-slotted MAN. Key aspects of this architecture include all-optical packet switching, the ability to put IP packets directly over WDM and the possibility of interfacing with any heterogeneous network.

Keywords

broadband networks; metropolitan area networks; multimedia communication; optical fibre LAN; optical fibre subscriber loops; packet switching; wavelength division multiplexing; Dutch Technology Foundation; FLAMINGO; IP-over-WDM; all-optical MAN; all-optical packet switching; flexible multiwavelength optical local access network; heterogeneous network; multimedia broadband services; time-slotted network; wavelength-slotted network; Clocks; Delay; Frequency synchronization; Optical fiber networks; Optical modulation; Optical packet switching; Payloads; Protection; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wide area networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Optical Communication, 2001. ECOC '01. 27th European Conference on

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6705-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ECOC.2001.989725

Filename

989725