This paper reviews advanced optical burst switching (OBS) and optical packet switching
(OPS) technologies and discusses their roles in the future photonic Internet. Discussions …

The switching speeds of electronics cannot keep up with the transmission capacity offered
by optics. All-optical switch fabrics play a central role in the effort to migrate the switching …

Optical packet switching promises to bring the flexibility and efficiency of the Internet to
transparent optical networking with bit rates extending beyond that currently available with …

The rapid pace of development in both Internet applications and emerging optical
technologies is bringing about fundamental changes in networking philosophies. Key trends …

The ongoing growth of data traffic from existing and new applications poses a challenge to
the packet-switched network infrastructure. High-capacity transport can be achieved in such …

Very high-speed packet networks will be required in the near future to efficiently integrate
data, video, and voice into a common telecom-munications fabric. Many existing and …

An overview of the characteristics and challenges of optical packet switching is given,
illustrating its potential advantages within future nodes and networks, describing basic …

An ultra-low latency, high throughput internet protocol (IP) over wavelength division
multiplexing (WDM) packet switching technology for next-generation internet (NGI) …

This paper reviews the work carried out in the ACTS KEOPS (Keys to Optical Packet
Switching) project, describing the results obtained to date. The main objective of the project …

In an effort to eliminate the electronic bottleneck, new optical switches/routers (hardware)
are being built for the next-generation optical Internet where IP runs over an all-optical WDM …