A Photonic ATM Switch Architecture for WDM Optical Networks

Youngbok CHOI  Hideki TODE  Hiromi OKADA  Hiromasa IKEDA  

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E78-B   No.9   pp.1333-1335
Publication Date: 1995/09/25
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Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: LETTER
Category: Switching and Communication Processing
Keyword: 
photonic switch,  ATM switching,  WDM optical networks,  WDM optical buffer,  

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Summary: 
Optical switching networks to transport vast amounts of information are important for B-ISDN services. Wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) is emerging as the dominant technology for future optical networks. A large capacity photonic ATM switch architecture using WDM technology is proposed in this paper. The proposed switch is suitable for WDM optical ATM networks, that is, an input and an output of the switch are wavelength division multiplexed. The basic switch module of the proposed switch has a simple architecture, and reduces the amount of a buffer hardware by introducing the WDM concept.