1st International ICST Workshop on Optical Burst/Packet Switching

Research Article

Optical Flow Switching Networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/JPROC.2012.2183629,
        author={Vincent W. S.  Chan and Guy Weichenberg and Muriel M\^{e}dard},
        title={Optical Flow Switching Networks},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Workshop on Optical Burst/Packet Switching},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={WOBS},
        year={2006},
        month={10},
        keywords={Data communication  data networks  optical fiber networks},
        doi={10.1109/JPROC.2012.2183629}
    }
    
  • Vincent W. S. Chan
    Guy Weichenberg
    Muriel Médard
    Year: 2006
    Optical Flow Switching Networks
    WOBS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/JPROC.2012.2183629
Vincent W. S. Chan1,2, Guy Weichenberg3,2, Muriel Médard4,2
  • 1: Fellow, IEEE, OSA
  • 2: Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • 3: Student Member, IEEE
  • 4: Senior Member, IEEE

Abstract

Present-day networks are being challenged by dramatic increases in data rate demands of emerging applications. A new network architecture, incorporating “optical flow switching,” will enable significant rate growth, power efficiency, and cost-effective scalability of next-generation networks. We will explore architecture concepts germinated 22 years ago, technology and testbed demonstrations performed in the last 17 years, and the architecture construct from the physical layer to the transport layer of an implementable optical flow switching network that is scalable and manageable.