Transmission capacity of optical path overhead transfer schemeusing pilot tone for optical path network

Photonic networks based on the optical path concept and wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology require unique operation, administration, and maintenance (OAM) functions. In order to realize the required OAM functions, the optical path network must support an effective management information transfer method. The method that superimposes a pilot tone on the optical signal appears very interesting for optical path overhead transfer. The pilot tone transmission capacity is determined by the carrier to noise ratio which depends on the power spectral density of the optical signal. The pilot tone transmission capacity of an optical path network employing WDM technology is elucidated; 4.5 kb/s transmission can be realized when the pilot tone modulation index is set at 3%     

Parallel contention resolution control for input queueing ATM switches

Input queueing ATM switches requiring fast contentional resolution control have been negatively affected by long turn-around time (TAT) due to the distance between an input port controller and a centralised contention controller. A parallel contention resolution control for input queueing switches is presented. The proposed control allows a TAT of more than one cell slot, resulting in the potential development of a centralised contention controller for an ATM switch with an aggregate capacity of 1 Tbit/s.<>     

Transport performance in optical path cross-connect systememploying unequally spaced channel allocation

The transmission performance of an optical path cross-connect (OPXC) system employing unequally spaced channel allocation is evaluated. Four-wave mixing (FWM) light is generated at a different wavelength from all other signal lights when unequally spaced channel allocation is employed in the OPXC system. This evaluation shows that FWM light degrades the transmission performance because the received FWM light power is added to the signal and closes the eye aperture of the signal. The FWM light is rejected by the employed demultiplexer when the full-width at the half maximum (FWHM) of the demultiplexer is reduced. The FWHM of the demultiplexer should be designed in order to minimize the transmission performance degradation caused by the FWM crosstalk. The FWHM of the arrayed-waveguide-grating (AWG) demultiplexer that is developed for the OPXC system is 0.6 nm, and a 400 km transmission with optical path cross-connections is successfully completed in a 4×4 OPXC system test-bed employing unequal channel spacing with a 10 GHz frequency slot, i.e., the minimum frequency separation between signal light and FWM light. Further reduction in the FWM crosstalk is required for the OPXC system in order to support longer distances between nodes. The distance of 120 km ×5 requires that the frequency slot is increased to 30 GHz and the FWHM of the AWG demultiplexer is 0.3 nm     

Compact 8×8 optical switching board implemented withconnection supervision and optical power control function

The photonic transport network requires wavelength routing management and this function can be achieved by employing optical switch connection supervision. The authors propose a supervision method that uses a simplified optical spectrum analyzer and describe the development of an optical switching board employing this method. The supervision method also enables the optical switching board to control the optical power automatically and this equalizing function is demonstrated     

Design and performance of an optical path cross-connect systembased on wavelength path concept

This paper describes the system design and performance of an optical path cross-connect (OPXC) system based on wavelength path concept. The (OPXC) is designed to offer 16 sets of input and output fiber ports with each fiber transporting eight multiwavelength signals for optical paths. Each optical path has a capacity of 2.5 Gb/s. Consequently, the total system throughput is 8×16×2.5=320 Gb/s and the OPXC features high modularity and expandability for switch components. By exploiting planar lightwave circuit (PLC) technologies, four sets of (8×16) delivery-and-coupling-type optical switches (DC-switches) are developed for the 320 Gb/s throughput OPXC system. The DC-switch offers the average insertion-loss of 12.6 dB and ON/OFF ratio of 42.1 dB. The PLC arrayed-waveguide gratings are confirmed to successfully demultiplex the eight directly modulated signals, multiplexed at a spacing of 1 nm, with a crosstalk of under -25 dB. Eight wavelength-division multiplexing signals, directly modulated at 2.5 Gb/s, are confirmed to be transported over 330 km via a cross-connection node in the test-bed system that simulates five-node network. The experimental performances demonstrated In this paper ensures full scale implementation of the proposed optical path cross-connect system with 320 Gb/s throughput and high integrity     

Applying two-stage photonic crossconnects to time-division multiplexed switch networks

The question of whether fast wavelength switching capability is essential to wavelength routing networks for their applications to time-division multiplexed switch networks is addressed. The answer to this question is negative based on discussion of an application example of a two-stage photonic crossconnect.<>     

Input and output queueing ATM switch architecture with spatial and temporal slot reservation control

A viable ATM switch architecture exploiting both input and output queueing on a space division switch is proposed. This architecture features both input and output ports that are divided into several groups, and an efficient contention resolution algorithm is developed. The performance study indicates that a group size of eight is sufficient to achieve 90% efficiency.<>