An optical network architecture with distributed switching inside node clusters features improved loss, efficiency, and cost

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1138-1146

  Angelopoulos, John D ^a   Kanonakis, Konstantinos ^a   Koukouvakis, George ^a   Leligou, Helen C ^a   Matrakidis, Chris ^b   Orphanoudakis, Theofanis G ^b   Stavdas, Alexandros ^b  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

Author keywords

All optical networks; Core networks; Optical burst switching (OBS); Statistical multiplexing; Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) networking

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; MULTIPLEXING; OPTICAL COMMUNICATION; OPTICAL SWITCHES; PROBABILITY; SWITCHING THEORY;

ALL-OPTICAL NETWORKS; CORE NETWORKS; OPTICAL BURST SWITCHING (OBS); OPTICAL NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

WAVELENGTH DIVISION MULTIPLEXING;

EID: 34248586481     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.893034     Document Type: Article

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