摘要
ThispaperinvestigatestheuntraditionalapproachofcontentionresolutioninWavelengthDivisionMultiplexing(WDM)OpticalPacketSwitching(OPS).Themoststrikingcharacteristicsofthedevelopedswitcharchitectureare:(1)ContentionresolutionisachievedbyacombinedsharingofFiberDelay-Lines(FDLs)andTunableOpticalWavelengthConverters(TOWCs);(2)FDLsarearrangedinnon-degenerateform,i.e.,non-uniformdistributionofthedelaylines;(3)TOWCsjustcanperformwavelengthconversioninpartialcontinuouswavelengthchannels,i.e.,sparsewavelengthconversion.TheconcreteconfigurationsofFDLsandTOWCsaredescribedandanalyzedundernon-burstyandburstytrafficscenarios.Simulationresultsdemonstratethatforaprefixedpacketlossprobabilityconstraint,e.g.,10-6,thedevelopedarchitectureprovidesadifferentpointofviewinOPSdesign.Thatis,combinedsharingofFDLsandTOWCscan,effectively,obtainagoodtradeoffbetweentheswitchsizeandthecost,andTOWCswhichareachievedinsparseformcanalsodecreasetheimplementingcomplexity.
出版日期
2005年04月14日（中国期刊网平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）
