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The Design of an Allo-Optical Packet Switching Network |
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| Authors: | Van Caenegem R Colle D Pickavet M Demeester P Christodoulopoulos K Vlachos K Varvarigos E Stampoulidis L Roccato D Vilar R |
| Affiliation: | Ghent Univ., Gent; |
| Abstract: | Recent advances in the all-optical signal processing domain report high-speed and nontrivial functionality directly implemented in the optical layer. These developments mean that the all- optical processing of packet headers has a future. In this article we address various important control plane issues that must be resolved when designing networks based on all-optical packet-switched nodes. |
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