All-optical label swapping of scalable in-band address labels and 160-Gb/s data packets

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-223

  Calabretta, Nicola ^a   Jung, Hyun Do ^a   Llorente, Javier Herrera ^a   Tangdiongga, Eduward ^a   Koonen, Ton A M J ^a   Dorren, Harm J S ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Label processor; Label rewriter; Label swapping; Optical packet switching; Optical signal processing; Semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA); Wavelength converter

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FIBER OPTIC NETWORKS; OPTICAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; OPTICAL SWITCHES; OPTOELECTRONIC DEVICES; PACKET NETWORKS; PACKET SWITCHING; ROUTERS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIERS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SWITCHING CIRCUITS;

LABEL PROCESSOR; LABEL SWAPPING; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING; SEMICONDUCTOR OPTICAL AMPLIFIER (SOA); WAVELENGTH CONVERTER;

LABELS;

EID: 61649118181     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2008.2009319     Document Type: Conference Paper

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