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Distributed Router Architecture for Packet-Routed Optical Networks

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Distributed Router Architecture for Packet-Routed Optical Networks
: A new proposal for an optical packet-routed network based on a distributed router architecture in a WDM network is described. Buffering, scheduling and wavelength assignment functions are carried out in routers located at the edge of the network. The destination address is encoded by a given wavelength and allows wavelength-routing in optical core routers. This approach avoids processing and additional buffering delays in core routers. A low packet loss rate and a low latency are critical parameters to guarantee QoS for a particular class of packets and must be carefully considered when IP traffic is directly transmitted over a photonic network. This network architecture requires new hardware elements and these are discussed including a low-crosstalk, large port-count free-space grating router.
Michael Düser, Eugene Kozlovski, Robert I. Ki
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Type Conference
Year 2000
Where ONDM
Authors Michael Düser, Eugene Kozlovski, Robert I. Killey, Polina Bayvel
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