Analysis of the Physical Impairments on Maximum Size and Throughput of SOA-Based Optical Burst Switching Nodes

Author

Buchta, Hao ; Patzak, Erwin

Author_Institution

Fraunhofer Inst. for Telecommun., Berlin

Volume

26

Issue

16

fYear

2008

Firstpage

2821

Lastpage

2830

Abstract

In this paper, the physical limitations of semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA)-based switching nodes for optical burst switching (OBS) are investigated. The investigation covers two broadcast-and-select (BAS)-based architectures. Their maximum size and throughput are analyzed for nodes at different bit rates. As main impairments for signal degradation amplifier noise, crosstalk, SOA gain saturation and dynamics, and SOA chirp are evaluated by simulations. In conclusion, general rules for design burst switching nodes are established.

Keywords

chirp modulation; laser noise; optical burst switching; optical crosstalk; optical fibre networks; optical transmitters; semiconductor optical amplifiers; OBS network; SOA chirp evaluation; SOA gain saturation; SOA-based optical burst switching nodes design; broadcast-and-select based architectures; crosstalk; physical impairments analysis; semiconductor optical amplifier; signal degradation amplifier noise; Bit rate; Broadcasting; Crosstalk; Degradation; Optical amplifiers; Optical burst switching; Optical noise; Semiconductor device noise; Semiconductor optical amplifiers; Throughput; Node architecture; optical burst switching (OBS); optical switching; physical limitation; scalability;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Lightwave Technology, Journal of

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8724

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/JLT.2008.923277

Filename

4660224