Packet optical networks for high-speed TCP-IP backbones

  • Authors:
  • F. Callegati;M. Casoni;C. Raffaelli

  • Affiliations:
  • Dipt. di Elettronica Inf. e Sistemistica, Bologna Univ.;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Communications Magazine
  • Year:
  • 1999

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Abstract

This article presents a new proposal for TCP-IP backbone implementation based on optical packet switching technology. The proposed network architecture merges the flexibility in resource management of packet switching with the high capacity offered by full optical technology