OPERA: An optical packet experimental routing architecture with label swapping capability

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2135-2145

  Carena, A ^b   Vaughn, M D ^c   Gaudino, R ^b   Shell, M ^d,e   Blumenthal, Daniel J ^a,d  

^a IEEE

^b POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^c Corning Incorporated ^*  (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

^e GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTICAL FREQUENCY CONVERSION; PACKET SWITCHING; ROUTERS;

OPTICAL PACKET EXPERIMENTAL ROUTING ARCHITECTURE (OPERA);

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0032298910     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.736581     Document Type: Article

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