Buffering in optical packet switches

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 2081-2094

  Hunter, David K ^a,b,c,d,e,f   Chia, Meow C ^c   Andonovic, Ivan ^{a,b,c,d,f,g,h,i,j}  

^a IEEE   (United Kingdom)

^b OSA ^*

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^d MARTLESHAM HEATH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f Institution of Electrical Engineers   (United Kingdom)

^g Royal Society Industrial Fellowship

^h OPTICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA   (United States)

ⁱ Inst Elec Engineers Prof Grp E13

^j BT Labs Short Term Fellowship

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Author keywords

Buffer memories; Communication switching; Modeling; Optical fiber communication; Optical fiber delay lines; Packet switching; Photonic switching systems

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; BUFFER STORAGE; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PACKET SWITCHING;

OPTICAL FIBER DELAY LINES; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHES;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0032301367     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.736577     Document Type: Article

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