The application of optical packet switching in future communication networks

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 128-135

  O'Mahony, Mike J ^a,b   Simeonidou, Dimitra ^a,b   Hunter, David K ^a,c   Tzanakaki, Anna ^a  

^a Ilotron Engineering Centre   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL CROSCONNECTS; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING; OPTICAL TRANSPORT NETWORK; TRAFFIC AGGREGATOR;

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE; CHANNEL CAPACITY; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; INTERNET; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; OPTICAL INTERCONNECTS; PACKET SWITCHING; ROUTERS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

OPTICAL COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0035279088     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/35.910600     Document Type: Article

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