Packet loss in a bufferless optical WDM switch employing shared tunable wavelength converters

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1818-1833

  Eramo, V ^a   Listanti, M ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dimensioning; Optical packet switch; Performance evaluation; Wavelength conversion; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networks

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH COMPRESSION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; PACKET SWITCHING; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC; TUNING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

BUFFERLESS OPTICAL SWITCH; FIBER DELAY LINES; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCH; PACKET LOSS; TRAFFIC PARAMETERS; TUNABLE OPTICAL WAVELENGTH CONVERTERS;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 0034453647     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/50.908743     Document Type: Article

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