Title:

All-Optical Techniques Enabling Packet Switching with Label Processing and Label Rewriting, Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology, 2009, nr 1

Creator:

Koonen, Ton ; Llorente, Javier Herrera ; Tangdiongga, Eduward ; Dorren, Harm ; Calabretta, Nicola ; Jung, Hyun-Do

Subject and Keywords:

label processor ; optical flip-flop memory ; optical signal processing ; optical packet switching ; wavelength converter

Description:

Scalability of packet switched cross-connects that utilize all-optical signal processing is a crucial issue that eventually determines the future role of photonic signal processing in optical networks. After reviewing several labeling techniques, we discuss label stacking and label swapping techniques and their benefits for scalable optical packet switched nodes. All-optical devices for implementing the packet switch based on the labeling techniques will be described. Finally, we present a 1×4 all-optical packet switch based on label swapping technique that utilizes a scalable and asynchronous label processor and label rewriter. Error-free operation indicates a potential utilization of the swapping technique in a multihop packet-switched network.

Publisher:

Instytut Łączności - Państwowy Instytut Badawczy, Warszawa

Date:

2009, nr 1

Resource Type:

artykuł

Format:

application/pdf

Resource Identifier:

ISSN 1509-4553, on-line: ISSN 1899-8852

Source:

Journal of Telecommunications and Information Technology

Language:

ang

Rights Management:

Biblioteka Naukowa Instytutu Łączności