Sharing tunable wavelength converters in AWG-based IP optical switching nodes

Achille Pattavina; Marica Rebughini; Antonio Sipone

2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks

Research Article

Sharing tunable wavelength converters in AWG-based IP optical switching nodes

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    author={Achille Pattavina and Marica Rebughini and Antonio Sipone},
    title={Sharing tunable wavelength converters in AWG-based IP optical switching nodes},
    proceedings={2nd International ICST Conference on Broadband Networks},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={BROADNETS},
    year={2006},
    month={2},
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    doi={10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589617}
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Achille Pattavina
Marica Rebughini
Antonio Sipone
Year: 2006
Sharing tunable wavelength converters in AWG-based IP optical switching nodes
BROADNETS
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589617

Achille Pattavina¹^,*, Marica Rebughini¹, Antonio Sipone¹

1: Dept. of Electronics and Information, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

*Contact email: pattavina@elet.polimi.it

Abstract

This paper deals with the design of an optical packet switch architecture adopting an arrayed waveguide grating device for packet routing. Due to the high cost of optical components, the node structure proposed here is equipped with a pool of tunable wavelength converters fully shared among all input channels. An analytical model is developed that allows us to evaluate the packet loss performance of a bufferless version of such structure. The model accuracy is assessed by means of computer simulation.

Published: 2006-02-13
Publisher: IEEE

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICBN.2005.1589617