This paper presents views on the future of optical networking. A historical look at the
emergence of optical networking is first taken, followed by a discussion on the drivers …

This paper examines the role of optical and electronic technologies in future high-capacity
routers. In particular, optical and electronic technologies for use in the key router functions of …

In this paper, promising technologies and a network architecture are presented for future
optical packet switched networks. The overall network concept is presented and the major …

Next-generation switches and routers may rely on optical switch fabrics to overcome
scalability problems that arise in sizing traditional electrical backplanes into the terabit …

In this paper, we review recent advances in ultrafast optical time-domain technology with
emphasis on the use in optical packet switching. In this respect, several key building blocks …

In this paper, we present a new concept of optical packet/burst switching suitable for
generalized multiprotocol label switched (GMPLS)-based optical networks. In such …

A control plane is implemented to allow the first (to our knowledge) demonstration of
scheduling and power leveling in a monolithically integrated 8× 8 switch for multi-path and …

A monolithic InGaAsP/InP 4× 4 cross-connect is designed, fabricated and demonstrated.
Each of the four inputs fan out to two stages of semiconductor optical amplifier-based gates …

The Data and Voice Integration over dense-wavelength-division multiplexing (DAVID)
metropolitan area network (MAN), following the packet-over-wavelength-division …

This paper addresses the problem of congestion resolution and quality of service
differentiation in optical packet switching. The paper shows that by designing congestion …