Photonics in switching: Architectures, systems and enabling technologies

  • Authors:

  • Carla Raffaelli;Kyriakos Vlachos;Nicola Andriolli;Dimitrios Apostolopoulos;Jakob Buron;Ruth van Caenegem;Grzegorz Danilewicz;Jorge M. Finochietto;Joan Garcia-Haro;Dimitrios Klonidis;Mike O'Mahony;Guido Maier;Achille Pattavina;Pablo Pavon-Marino;Sarah Ruepp;Michele Savi;Mirco Scaffardi;Ioannis Tomkos;Anna Tzanakaki;Lena Wosinska;Olga Zouraraki;Fabio Neri

  • Affiliations:

  • University of Bologna, DEIS, Viale Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy;Research Academic Computer Technology Institute (RACTI) and University of Patras, Greece;Sant'Anna School of University Studies (SSSUP), Italy;National Technical University of Athens (NTUA/ICCS), Greece;COM-DTU, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark;IBBT, University of Gent, Belgium;Poznan University of Technology, Poland;Universidad Nacional de Cordoba, CONICET, Argentina;Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena (UPCT), Spain;Research and Education Society in Information Technology (AIT), Greece;University of Essex, United Kingdom;Politecnico di Milano, Italy;Politecnico di Milano, Italy;Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena (UPCT), Spain;COM-DTU, Technical University of Denmark, Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark;University of Bologna, DEIS, Viale Risorgimento, 2, 40136 Bologna, Italy;Sant'Anna School of University Studies (SSSUP), Italy;Research and Education Society in Information Technology (AIT), Greece;Research and Education Society in Information Technology (AIT), Greece;The Royal Institute of Technology KTH/ICT, Sweden;National Technical University of Athens (NTUA/ICCS), Greece;Politecnico di Torino, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

This paper describes recent research activities and results in the area of photonic switching carried out within the Virtual Department on Switching (VDS) of the European e-Photon/ONe Network of Excellence. Contributions from outstanding European research groups in this field are collected to offer a platform for future research in optical switching. The paper contains the main topics related to network scenarios, switch architectures and experiments, with an effort to investigate synergies and challenging opportunities for collaboration and integration of research expertise in the field.