Ultra-High-Capacity Router Switching Fabrics Using Photonic Technologies

Abstract

In this report we present an architecture and a design study of the feasibility of implementing an ultra-high-capacity router switching fabric for Next Generation Internets utilizing mostly photonic components.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA386598

Entities

People

  • Dinesh Shankar
  • Hongyuan Shi
  • Stewart D. Personick

Organizations

  • Drexel University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Air Force Research Laboratories
  • Amplifiers
  • Automatic Gain Control
  • Buffer Storage
  • Computer Networks
  • Computing System Architectures
  • Data Rate
  • Delay Lines
  • Electronic Switching
  • Insertion Loss
  • Military Research
  • Modulation
  • Network Architecture
  • Network Protocols
  • Photonic Devices
  • Switching

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Computer Networking
  • Optical Physics and Photonics.
  • Software Verification and Validation.

Technology Areas

  • Quantum Science - Quantum Key Distribution