A 2.56-Tb/s multiwavelength and scalable switch-fabric for fast packet-switching networks

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1180-1182

  Maeno, Yoshiharu ^a   Suemura, Yoshihiko ^a   Tajima, Akio ^a   Henmi, Naoya ^a  

^a NEC CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Arrayed waveguide grating; Asynchronous transfer mode; Crossbar; Packet switching; Semiconductor optical amplifier; Wavelength division multiplexing

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE; DIFFRACTION GRATINGS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; PACKET NETWORKS;

ARRAYED WAVEGUIDE GRATING; PACKET SWITCHING NETWORKS; SCALABLE SWITCH FABRIC; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER GATES;

PACKET SWITCHING;

EID: 0032137086     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/68.701543     Document Type: Article

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