Flexibility of optical packet format in a complete 12/spl times/12 data vortex network

• Published in: IEEE photonics technology letters Vol. 18; no. 16; pp. 1693 - 1695
• Main Authors: Small, B.A., Lee, B.G., Bergman, K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01-08-2006; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Bandwidth; Flexibility; Fluid flow; Format; High speed optical techniques; Intelligent networks; Interconnection networks; Multiprocessor interconnection networks; Networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical interconnections; Optical packet switching; Optical vortices; packet switching; Payloads; photonic switching systems; Switching theory; Vortices; Wavelength division multiplexing; wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM)
• ISSN: 1041-1135; 1941-0174
• DOI: 10.1109/LPT.2006.879934

Packets with variable-sized payloads between 48 and 384 bytes, depending upon the number of payload wavelengths and their duration, are simultaneously routed in an implemented 12times12 optical packet switching network with bit-error rates better than 10 -12 . Payloads with varying offsets within the 25.6-ns timeslot are routed successfully as well, illustrating the flexibility and transparency of the data vortex architecture to multiple packet formats