The Design of an Allo-Optical Packet Switching Network

  • Authors:
  • R. Van Caenegem;D. Colle;M. Pickavet;P. Demeester;K. Christodoulopoulos;K. Vlachos;E. Varvarigos;L. Stampoulidis;D. Roccato;R. Vilar

  • Affiliations:
  • Ghent Univ., Gent;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Communications Magazine
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Recent advances in the all-optical signal processing domain report high-speed and nontrivial functionality directly implemented in the optical layer. These developments mean that the all- optical processing of packet headers has a future. In this article we address various important control plane issues that must be resolved when designing networks based on all-optical packet-switched nodes.