Access Network Design for Optical Flow Switching

— In this work, we consider access network design for the Optical Flow Switching (OFS) transport architecture [1]–[3]. Our work addresses the all-optical physical layer of the data plane in the context of tree-based networks. We consider the advantages and disadvantages of passive and active components—including optical amplifiers—and ultimately integrate these building blocks in the most economically attractive fashion for the required number of users.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: GLOBECOM
• Authors: Guy Weichenberg, Vincent W. S. Chan, Muriel Médard
• Keywords: All-optical Physical Layer, Components—including Optical Amplifiers—and, GLOBECOM 2007, Optical Flow, Telecommunications