The European IST project DAVID: a viable approach toward optical packet switching

• Published in: IEEE journal on selected areas in communications Vol. 21; no. 7; pp. 1026 - 1040
• Main Authors: Dittmann, L., Develder, C., Chiaroni, D., Neri, F., Callegati, F., Koerber, W., Stavdas, A., Renaud, M., Rafel, A., Sole-Pareta, J., Cerroni, W., Leligou, N., Dembeck, L., Mortensen, B., Pickavet, M., Le Sauze, N., Mahony, M., Berde, B., Eilenberger, G.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.09.2003; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Bit rate; Costs; Degradation; Energy consumption; Frames; Networks; Optical fiber networks; Optical packet switching; Optical switches; Packet switched; Parallel processing; Research projects; Stimulated emission; Switching theory; Voice; Wavelength division multiplexing; Wide area networks
• ISSN: 0733-8716; 1558-0008
• DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2003.816388

In this paper, promising technologies and a network architecture are presented for future optical packet switched networks. The overall network concept is presented and the major choices are highlighted and compared with alternative solutions. Both long and shorter term approaches are considered, as well as both the wide-area network and multiple-area networks parts of the network. The results presented in this paper were developed in the frame of the research project DAVID (Data And Voice Integration over DWDM) project, funded by the European Commission through the IST-framework.