title: Dimensioning of 10 Gbit/s all-optical packet switched networks based on optical label swapping routers with multistage 2R regeneration.
abstract: This paper describes both the experimental and theoretical investigations on the cascadability of all-optical routers in optical label swapping networks incorporating a multistage wavelength conversion with 2R regeneration. A full description of a novel experimental setup allows the packet by packet measurement up to 16 hops with 10 Gb/s payload showing 1 dB penalty with 10(-12) bit error rate. Similarly, the simulations on the system allow a prediction on the cascadability of the router up to 64 hops.
authors.affiliation: ITEAM Research Institute, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, C/ Camino de Vera s/n 46022, Valencia, Spain. gapuerto@dcom.upv.es
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Puerto
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ortega
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Manzanedo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Martínez
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Pastor
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Capmany
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Kovacs