Abstract
We propose a waveband grooming strategy for optical burst switching. We show that by grouping bursts into wavebands, a large reduction in network equipment costs can be effected. This makes burst switching attractive for use in high capacity core networks.
© 2006 Optical Society of America
PDF ArticleMore Like This
R. Parthiban, Rodney S. Tucker, C. Leckie, A. Zalesky, and A.V. Tran
OWC2 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2005
Payam Torab, Virginia Hutcheon, David Walters, and Abdella Battou
OTuG3 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2006
Mengke Li and Byrav Ramamurthy
OTuG4 Optical Fiber Communication Conference (OFC) 2006