2 × 2 buffered switch fabrics for traffic routing, merging, and shaping in photonic cell networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 86-100

  Hunter, David K ^a,b,c,e   Cotter, David ^c,f,g,h   Ahmad, R Badlishah ^b,i   Cornwall, W David ^b   Gilfedder, Tim H ^b   Legg, Peter J ^d   Andonovic, Ivan ^a,h  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^d MOTOROLA   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^g MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

^h Institute of Physics

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; CROSSTALK; MERGING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

BUFFERED SWITCH FABRICS; DEFLECTION PROBABILITY; OPTICAL DELAY LINES; PHOTONIC CELL NETWORKS; TRAFFIC ROUTING;

PACKET SWITCHING;

EID: 0030734943     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.552116     Document Type: Article

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