Shared-by-wavelength-switches: A node architecture using small optical switches and shared wavelength converters

Tony K.C. Chan; Eric W.M. Wong; Yiu Wing LEUNG

doi:10.1109/LPT.2006.877009

Shared-by-wavelength-switches: A node architecture using small optical switches and shared wavelength converters

Tony K.C. Chan^*, Eric W.M. Wong, Yiu Wing LEUNG

^*Corresponding author for this work

Department of Computer Science

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Abstract

Wavelength converters can significantly improve the blocking performance of all-optical networks. The existing node architectures require large optical switches for sharing the wavelength converters. This letter proposes a new node architecture called shared-by-wavelength-switches. This node architecture requires significantly smaller and cheaper optical switches for sharing the wavelength converters while it gives nearly the same blocking performance as the existing node architectures.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1335-1337
Number of pages	3
Journal	IEEE Photonics Technology Letters
Volume	18
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/LPT.2006.877009
Publication status	Published - 15 Jun 2006

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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