An overview of emerging all-optical networks is given. The characteristics and alternative
architectures for single-hop systems are discussed. The characteristics of lightwave …

The application of photonic technologies to packet switching offers the potential of very large
switch capacity in the terabit per second range. The merging of packet switching with …

Architectures for packet switches are approaching the limit of electronic switching speed.
This raises the question of how best to utilize advances in photonic technology to enable …

This paper proposes an efficient contention resolution switching architecture which can
serve as the basis for all-optical switching nodes. The presented solution builds on fiber …

The increasing bandwidth demands of the emerging new generation of computer
communication networks have led to the utilization of optical fiber as a transmission medium …

This paper introduces an approach to solving the fundamental scalability problem of all-
optical packet switching wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) access networks. Current …

A single-hop wavelength division multiplexing (WDM)-based local lightwave network
employing a passive star topology is considered. The system consists of a single control and …

Discrete-time queues are infinite dimensional switches in time. Ever since Shannon
published his paper (" Memory requirements in a telephone exchange", Bell Syst. Tech. J …

Three regular meshed topologies are compared in light of their possible use for the
implementation of large all-optical wavelength-routing communication networks (or …

All-optical packet switched networking is hampered by the problem of realizing viable
queues for optical packets. Packets can be buffered in delay lines, but delay lines do not …