Strictly nonblocking directional-coupler-based switching networks under crosstalk constraint

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 316-323

  Mehdi Vaez, M ^a   Lea, Chin Tau ^b  

^a AT AND T LABS RESEARCH   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CONSTRAINT THEORY; CROSSTALK; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; SWITCHING NETWORKS;

BANYAN NETWORK; DIRECTIONAL COUPLER (DC) BASED SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS;

EID: 0033896518     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/26.823564     Document Type: Article

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