Title :
Optical buffering and switching in packet switched optical networks
Author :
Geldenhuys, R. ; Leuschner, Fw
Author_Institution :
Pretoria Univ., South Africa
Abstract :
Optical packet switching provides the advantages of transparency and the efficient use of the bandwidth provided by WDM on optical transport networks. There are however various impediments to deploying this technology in an all-optical fashion: optical buffering is inefficient, and all-optical signal processing has not been implemented in networks. It is possible to utilise optical signal processing for all-optical header processing and all-optical switching, and proof of concept experiments have been done to verify this.
Keywords :
buffer storage; optical fibre networks; optical information processing; optical storage; optical switches; wavelength division multiplexing; WDM; all-optical header processing; all-optical signal processing; all-optical switching; all-optical technology; bandwidth; optical buffering; optical packet switching; optical transport networks; wavelength division multiplexing; Bandwidth; Intelligent networks; Optical buffering; Optical crosstalk; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical signal processing; Optical wavelength conversion; Stimulated emission; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Africon Conference in Africa, 2002. IEEE AFRICON. 6th
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7570-X
DOI :
10.1109/AFRCON.2002.1146844
