Scalable optoelectronic ATM networks: the iPOINT fully functional testbed

Author

Lockwood, John W. ; Duan, Hongtao ; Morikuni, James J. ; Kang, Sung-Mo ; Akkineni, Sarada ; Campbell, Roy H.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Illinois Univ., Urbana, IL, USA

Volume

13

Issue

6

fYear

1995

fDate

6/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

1093

Lastpage

1103

Abstract

Our prototype of a fully-functional asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) switch validates the design of a 128 Gb/s optoelectronic ATM switch. Optoelectronics, rather than all optical components, are used to simultaneously address all of the specific requirements mandated by the ATM protocol. In this paper, we present the Illinois pulsar-based optical interconnect (iPOINT) testbed, and present our results obtained for the prototype switch in a working environment consisting of an optical network of Sun SPARC Stations and other local and wide-area ATM switches

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; information networks; optical design techniques; optical fibre LAN; optical switches; optical testing; optoelectronic devices; protocols; testing; wide area networks; 128 Gbit/s; ATM protocol; ATM switch; Illinois pulsar-based optical interconnect testbed; Sun SPARC Stations; fully-functional asynchronous transfer mode switch; iPOINT fully functional testbed; local area ATM switches; optical network; optoelectronic ATM switch; scalable optoelectronic ATM networks; wide-area ATM switches; Asynchronous transfer mode; Communication switching; Optical buffering; Optical devices; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical switches; Switching circuits; Testing; Throughput;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/50.390225

Filename

390225