(57) ABSTRACT A Switching system includes one or more line card for input processing,
forwarding, queuing, and Scheduling data, the line card having a tunable laser to select a …

(57) ABSTRACT A System for providing high connectivity communications over a composite
packet-Switched optical ring network comprises a plurality of nodes, each node further …

Caccuro (57) ABSTRACT An optical packet switch which receives data packets and
switches those data packets in the optical domain without using recirculation devices is …

(58) Field of Search............................... 385/15, 16, 11,(57) ABSTRACT 385/24, 39, 122; 387
ss.,...'", A fully “time tunable” all-optical Switch routes/switches ssa as digital bits (packets) in …

A multi-wavelength optical packet switch system with shared output buffer is disclosed,
which includes N input fibers, N output fibers, an input device, a wavelength converter, a …

An aspect of the present invention provides a packet-opti cal integrated switch without an
optical transponder, capable of simplifying conversion and Switching between an Ethernet …

(57) ABSTRACT A modular optical switch includes a set of optical sWitch modules
connected in a mesh, a master controller for the Whole optical node and a switch-module …

(57) ABSTRACT A synchronous packet Switch comprises output modules, input modules,
optical connections and a Switch control unit. The output modules comprise optical receivers …

(57) ABSTRACT A modular optical Switch includes a set of optical Switch modules
connected in a mesh, a master controller for the whole optical node and a switch-module …

A self-routing switching node that includes an optical associative memory processor that
receives packet header information and a switching array coupled to the optical associative …