Performance analysis of an optical packet switch with shared parametric wavelength converters

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 596-598

  Okonkwo, Chigo ^a   Almeida Jr , Raul C ^a   Martin, Richard E ^a   Guild, Kenneth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Contention resolution; Optical packet switching; Parametric wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER NETWORKS; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; MATERIALS HANDLING; MODULATION; OPTICAL DATA PROCESSING;

CONTENTION RESOLUTION; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING; PARAMETRIC WAVELENGTH CONVERSION; WAVELENGTH CONVERSION;

SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

EID: 50649113915     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2008.080269     Document Type: Article

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