Open AccessStacked optical code label for multicasting in optical packet switching networks
Author(s) -
Ming Xin,
Minghua Chen,
Hongwei Chen,
Shizhong Xie
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
optics express
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.394
H-Index - 271
ISSN - 1094-4087
DOI - 10.1364/oe.17.004559
Subject(s) - multicast , optical burst switching , computer science , optics , network packet , node (physics) , optical switch , packet switching , fiber bragg grating , burst switching , fast packet switching , optical fiber , materials science , optoelectronics , optical performance monitoring , wavelength division multiplexing , computer network , transmission delay , physics , processing delay , wavelength , quantum mechanics
Stacked optical code (OC) label and its en/decoder based on fiber Bragg gratings (FBG) are proposed and experimentally demonstrated. This kind of label can carry several nodes' address information simultaneously in optical packet switching networks, so it can be employed in optical multicasting and simplify the node's structure a lot. The en/decoder is fabricated with high precision by our FBG techniques, and the experiment results show that the stacked OC label can support optical multicasting very well.