Multifiber shared-per-wavelength all-optical switching: Architectures, control, and performance

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 537-551

  Eramo, Vincenzo ^a   Germoni, Angelo ^a   Raffaelli, Carla ^b   Savi, Michele ^b  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Index Terms Contention resolution; Optical packet switching; Performance evaluation; Wavelength conversion

Indexed keywords

ALL-OPTICAL SWITCHING; ANALYTICAL MODEL; BLOCKING PERFORMANCE; INDEX TERMS-CONTENTION RESOLUTION; INPUT WAVELENGTH; LOW COMPLEXITY; MULTIFIBERS; OPTICAL COMPONENTS; OPTICAL PACKET SWITCHING; OPTICAL PACKETS; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; PROPOSED ARCHITECTURES; SINGLE WAVELENGTH; SWITCH DESIGNS; WAVELENGTH CONVERTER; WAVELENGTH CONVERTER SHARING;

LIGHT AMPLIFIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; WAVELENGTH;

OPTICAL SWITCHES;

EID: 68649085236     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2007.916449     Document Type: Article

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