The path towards all-optical packet switching in future broadband networks

Journal of the Communications Network

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 124-129

  Zoiros, Kyriakos E ^a   Kalyvas, Marios ^a   Houbavlis, Thanassis ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASYNCHRONOUS TRANSFER MODE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; PACKET SWITCHING; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

DATA STREAMS; MICROFLOWS; OPTICAL ADD DROP MULTIPLEXERS (OADM); REVENUES;

BROADBAND NETWORKS;

EID: 14544269874     PISSN: 14774739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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