Optical Code Division Multiplexing for Packet Labeling in Optical Switching Networks

Wang-Hsai YANG
Cheng-Shong WU
Hui-Kai SU

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E90-B    No.10    pp.2772-2779
Publication Date: 2007/10/01
Online ISSN: 1745-1345
DOI: 10.1093/ietcom/e90-b.10.2772
Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Section on New Challenge for Internet Technology and its Architecture)
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Keyword: 
optical packet switching,  header modification,  label switching,  OCDM,  

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Summary: 
In this paper, we proposed a photonic packet switching control method by used optical correlator for optical packet label packet-switched networks for next Generation networks. The main advance is rely on using the Optical Code Division Multiplexing (OCDM) code to labeling optical packets based on source routing. Based on OCDM labeling either header modification or any label swapping techniques can be avoids. With advantage of existing OCDM coding called OCDM-labels schemes to encapsulate the packets, together with optical correlator to decode the label in optical domain, which can achieve optical packet switching without header modification/label swapping techniques. The O/E/O conversion procedure at each switching device can also be eliminated. This method not only simplifies the design of switch devices in the optical domain to simplify the packet forwarding process, but also speeds up packet forwarding and increases throughput significantly.