Survey of photonic switching architectures and technologies in support of spatially and spectrally flexible optical networking [invited]

Keyphrases

• Photonic Switching 100%
• Switching Technologies 100%
• Switch Architecture 100%
• Flexible Optical Networks 100%
• High Capacity 50%
• Single-mode Fiber 50%
• Wavelength Selective Switch 50%
• Packing Density 50%
• Granularity 50%
• Transport Efficiency 50%
• Reconfigurable 50%
• Spatial Domain 50%
• Network Operator 50%
• Fiber Type 50%
• WDM Networks 50%
• Multiple Input 50%
• Implementation Complexity 50%
• Capacity Constraints 50%
• Capacity Expansion 50%
• Routing Protocol 50%
• Input Port 50%
• Multiple Output 50%
• Optical Networks 50%
• Route Information 50%
• Spectral Domain 50%
• Relative Cost 50%
• Switch Design 50%
• Spatial Expansion 50%
• Multi-spatial 50%
• Traffic Volume 50%
• Output Port 50%
• Information Channel 50%
• Hardware Solution 50%
• Network Cost 50%
• Add-drop multiplexers 50%
• Superchannel 50%
• Optical Networking 50%
• Partially Loaded 50%
• Switching Constraints 50%
• Packing Process 50%
• Communication Band 50%
• Cost Scaling 50%
• Implementation Cost 50%
• Elastic Optical Networks 50%
• First Costs 50%
• Band Expansion 50%
• Tutorial Paper 50%
• Cost Comparison 50%

Computer Science

• Optical Networking 100%
• Fiber Optic Networks 66%
• Network Operator 33%
• Implementation Complexity 33%
• Routing Protocol 33%
• Spectral Domain 33%
• Granularity 33%
• Multiplexing 33%
• Routing Information 33%
• Spatial Domain 33%
• Band Communication 33%
• Information Channel 33%
• Potential Solution 33%
• Capacity Limit 33%
• Hardware Solution 33%