title: 4x4 optical packet switching of asynchronous burst optical packets with a prototype, 4x4 label processing and switching sub-system.
abstract: We report a prototype, 4x4 (4 input/4 output) label processing and switching sub-system for 10-Gb/s asynchronous burst variable-length optical packets. With the prototype, we perform a 4x4 optical packet switching demonstration, achieving error-free (BER<10(-12)) label processing and switching operation for all possible input/output combinations (16 switching paths) simultaneously. Power consumption and latency of the entire, self-contained sub-system is 83 W (includes fan power) and 300 ns, respectively.
authors: NTT Photonics Laboratories, NTT Corporation, 3-1 Morinosato Wakamiya, Atsugi, Kanagawa Prefecture, 243-0198, Japan. ryohei@aecl.ntt.co.jp
authors: Ryohei
authors: R
authors: Urata
authors: Tatsushi
authors: T
authors: Nakahara
authors: Hirokazu
authors: H
authors: Takenouchi
authors: Toru
authors: T
authors: Segawa
authors: Hiroshi
authors: H
authors: Ishikawa
authors: Akira
authors: A
authors: Ohki
authors: Hiroki
authors: H
authors: Sugiyama
authors: Susumu
authors: S
authors: Nishihara
authors: Ryo
authors: R
authors: Takahashi