Title :
A Global Overview of Optical Switching Network Testbed Activities
Author :
Maier, Martin ; Hamad, Ammar ; Herzog, Martin
Author_Institution :
Opt. Zeitgeist Lab., INRS, Montreal, QC, Canada
Abstract :
We provide a global overview of current testbed activities on optical switching networks. The considered optical switching techniques provide different switching granularities and cost-performance tradeoffs. Our survey includes many new interesting and experimentally demonstrated features that are likely to lead to standardization, commercial adoption, and revenue generation in the near term.
Keywords :
SONET; multiprotocol label switching; SONET; multiprotocol label switching; optical flow switching; optical packet switching; optical switching network; switching granularities; testbed activities; waveband switching; AAA; Ethernet-over-SONET (EoS); generalized multiprotocol label switching (GMPLS); grid applications; interaction models; interdomain routing; interoperability; optical burst switching (OBS); optical correlation; optical flow switching (OFS)multilayer resilience; optical packet switching (OPS); photonic slot routing (PSR); service layer; virtualization; waveband switching (WBS);
Journal_Title :
Lightwave Technology, Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JLT.2009.2024007
