DWDM reconfigurable optical delay buffer for optical packet switched networks

IEEE Photonics Technology Letters

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1176-1178

  Chowdhury, Arshad ^a   Yeo, Yong Kee ^a   Yu, Jianjun ^a   Chang, Gee Kung ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optical packet switching (OPS); Reconfigurable delay buffer

Indexed keywords

10 GB/ S; BUFFER ARCHITECTURE; CHANNEL SPACINGS; DELAY BUFFERS; MULTIPLE WAVELENGTHS; OPTICAL DELAY; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHED NETWORK; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING; POWER PENALTY; RE-CONFIGURABLE;

FIBER OPTICS; OPTICAL FIBERS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PACKET NETWORKS; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

PACKET SWITCHING;

EID: 33947675406     PISSN: 10411135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.874711     Document Type: Article

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