Comparison of optical buffering and store-and-forward mechanisms in optical networks

Ayman Ghazi Fayoumi; Anura P. Jayasumana

doi:10.1117/12.434432

26 July 2001 Comparison of optical buffering and store-and-forward mechanisms in optical networks

Ayman Ghazi Fayoumi, Anura P. Jayasumana

Proceedings Volume 4527, Technologies, Protocols, and Services for Next-Generation Internet; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.434432
Event: ITCom 2001: International Symposium on the Convergence of IT and Communications, 2001, Denver, CO, United States

Abstract

An all-optical Manhattan Street Network (MSN), in which the data portion of a packet is maintained in an optically encoded format from the source to the destination, can be achieved by augmenting MSN with optical buffering. Augmenting MSN with optical buffering improves its performance significantly and reduce its complexity by reducing or even eliminating the need for optical-electrical conversions. The performance of an MSN with optical buffering is compared with that of an MSN in which only store-and-forward routing mechanism is used. The network is based on a novel 6x6 optical switching node.

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Ayman Ghazi Fayoumi and Anura P. Jayasumana "Comparison of optical buffering and store-and-forward mechanisms in optical networks", Proc. SPIE 4527, Technologies, Protocols, and Services for Next-Generation Internet, (26 July 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.434432

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