Title :
Multistage architectures for optical packet switching using SOA-based broadcast-and-select switches
Author :
Develder, C. ; Cheyns, J. ; Pickavet, M. ; Demeester, P.
Author_Institution :
Ghent Univ., Belgium
Abstract :
Optical packet/burst switches can be scaled to high port counts using multistage architectures. To reduce the number of switching elements in SOA-based broadcast-and-select architectures, we deploy only a few stages while exploiting the WDM dimension.
Keywords :
optical switches; packet switching; semiconductor optical amplifiers; telecommunication switching; wavelength division multiplexing; 80 km; SOA-based broadcast-and-select switches; WDM; multistage architectures; optical burst switches; optical packet switching; Broadcasting; Fabrics; Multiprotocol label switching; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Optical waveguides; Optical wavelength conversion; Passive optical networks; Wavelength division multiplexing;
Conference_Titel :
Optical Fiber Communications Conference, 2003. OFC 2003
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-746-6
DOI :
10.1109/OFC.2003.1248577
