TY - JOUR
T1 - All-optical packet switching techniques with label rewriting for optical packets at bit-rate beyond 160 Gb/s
AU - Calabretta, N.
AU - Jung, H.D.
AU - Herrera Llorente, J.
AU - Tangdiongga, E.
AU - Koonen, A.M.J.
AU - Dorren, H.J.S.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - In this paper two different paradigms to realize a scalable all-optical packet switch with label swapping will be presented. All the functions required for switching the packets are based on all-optical signal processing without any electronic control. This allows very low latency and potential photonic integration of the systems. We report for both techniques experimental results showing the routing operation of the 160 Gb/s packets and beyond. We discuss and compare both techniques in term of devices and bit-rate scalability, latency, power consumption, power penalty performance, and cascadability as key parameters for the realization of an all-optical packet switch.
AB - In this paper two different paradigms to realize a scalable all-optical packet switch with label swapping will be presented. All the functions required for switching the packets are based on all-optical signal processing without any electronic control. This allows very low latency and potential photonic integration of the systems. We report for both techniques experimental results showing the routing operation of the 160 Gb/s packets and beyond. We discuss and compare both techniques in term of devices and bit-rate scalability, latency, power consumption, power penalty performance, and cascadability as key parameters for the realization of an all-optical packet switch.
M3 - Article
SN - 1744-2400
VL - 5
SP - 120
EP - 126
JO - Mediteranean Journal of Electronics and Communications
JF - Mediteranean Journal of Electronics and Communications
IS - 4
ER -