Optical Router Architecture

Low packet loss Low end-to-end delay and jitter High scalability Eliminates Head-of-Line blocking effect without using internal switch fabric speed up

Interface local area networks (LAN) with the supernet Buffering queue implemented as optical random access memory Reduce packet loss in optical networks

Researchers at the University of California, Davis have developed an optical router architecture that takes advantage of two classes of all-optical variable queuing buffer components. This provides an optical router architecture with all-optical variable input-queuing or an output-queuing buffer that may boast the excellent scalability, provide versatile wavelength-aware queuing, buffering, arbitrating and load-balancing functions with the QoS/CoS (Quality of Service/Class of Service) capability for the optical packets in a wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) communication network. Furthermore, the optical router architecture achieves low packet loss rate and eliminates the head-of-line blocking effect without introducing the internal switch fabric speed-up, which are critical technical difficulties while building a large traditional crossbar-based input/output-buffered electronic router.

Patent Number: US7313329B2
Application Number: US2004934668A
Inventor: Yoo, SungJoo Ben | Yang, Haijun
Priority Date: 4 Sep 2003
Priority Number: US7313329B2
Application Date: 2 Sep 2004
Publication Date: 25 Dec 2007
IPC Current: H04J001400 | H04J001402 | H04Q001100
US Class: 398058
Assignee Applicant: The Regents of the University of California
Title: All optical variable buffer queue useful in optical packet networks
Usefulness: All optical variable buffer queue useful in optical packet networks
Summary: Used in a wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) communication network.
Novelty: Optical routing system for use in wavelength-division multiplexing communication network, has all-optical router for routing optical packets, and variable optical buffer queue for selectively buffering selected packets

Optics

Optical Fiber

7313329

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Tech ID/UC Case

11240/2003-458-0

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2003-458-0

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