5th International ICST Workshop on Optical Burst/Packet Switching

Research Article

A Novel Photonic Switch Architecture based on Optical Codes for Optical Burst Switched Networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/BROADNETS.2008.4769054,
        author={Maurizio Casoni},
        title={A Novel Photonic Switch Architecture based on Optical Codes for Optical Burst Switched Networks},
        proceedings={5th International ICST Workshop on Optical Burst/Packet Switching},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={WOBS},
        year={2010},
        month={5},
        keywords={Optical Burst Switching Optical Codes wavelength conversion},
        doi={10.1109/BROADNETS.2008.4769054}
    }
    
  • Maurizio Casoni
    Year: 2010
    A Novel Photonic Switch Architecture based on Optical Codes for Optical Burst Switched Networks
    WOBS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/BROADNETS.2008.4769054
Maurizio Casoni1,*
  • 1: Department of Information Engineering, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia - Italy, Via Vignolese, 905 - 41100 - Modena - Italy Tel.: +39-059-2056167; Fax.: +39-059-2056129
*Contact email: maurizio.casoni@unimore.it

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel bufferless switch architecture based on optical codes, suitable as core node in OBS (optical burst switched) networks. Optical codes are used for coding incoming bursts in order to perform the switching function. To this end the proposed switch architecture employs encoders and decoders and possible output contentions are solved in the wavelength domain by means of variable-input fixed-output wavelength converters.