All-optical decrementing of a packet’s time-to-live (TTL) field using logic XOR gates

doi:10.1364/OE.16.019734

All-optical decrementing of a packet’s time-to-live (TTL) field using logic XOR gates

Ruth Vilar, José M. Martínez, Francisco Ramos, and Javier Marti »View Author Affiliations

Optics Express, Vol. 16, Issue 24, pp. 19734-19740 (2008)
http://dx.doi.org/10.1364/OE.16.019734

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Abstract

A novel optical time-to-live (TTL) method based on the use of logic XOR gates is proposed. All-optical decrementing of a packet’s TTL field is demonstrated employing a cascade of two SOA-based Mach-Zehnder interferometers. The principle of operation is validated by means of simulations, showing a good extinction ratio (higher than 10 dB) at the output of the 1-bit subtractor.

OCIS Codes
(060.2300) Fiber optics and optical communications : Fiber measurements
(070.6020) Fourier optics and signal processing : Continuous optical signal processing
(060.4259) Fiber optics and optical communications : Networks, packet-switched
(230.3750) Optical devices : Optical logic devices

ToC Category:
Fiber Optics and Optical Communications

History
Original Manuscript: June 11, 2008
Revised Manuscript: October 7, 2008
Manuscript Accepted: October 19, 2008
Published: November 14, 2008

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Ruth Vilar, José M. Martínez, Francisco Ramos, and Javier Marti, "All-optical decrementing of a packet’s time-to-live (TTL) field using logic XOR gates," Opt. Express 16, 19734-19740 (2008)
http://www.opticsinfobase.org/oe/abstract.cfm?URI=oe-16-24-19734

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Avramopoulos, H.
Binsma, J. J. M.
Clavero, R.
de Vries, T.
den Besten, J. H.
Dorren, H. J. S.
Gurkan, D.
Herrera, J.
Hill, M. T.
Holm-Nielsen, P. V.
Jeppesen, P.
Kehayas, E.
Khoe, G. D.
Kumar, S.
Leijtens, X. J. M.
Liu, Y.
Marti, J.
Martí, J.
Martinez, J. M.
Maxwell, G.
McDougall, R.
McGeehan, J.
Motaghian Nezam, S. M. R.
Oei, Y. S.
Parameswaran, A.
Ramos, F.
Seoane, J.
Smalbrugge, E.
Smit, M. K.
van Zantvoort, J. H. C.
Willner, A.
Zhang, S.

Electron. Lett.

J. M. Martinez, J. Herrera, F. Ramos, and J. Martí, "All-optical correlation employing single logic XOR gate with feedback," Electron. Lett. 42, 1170-1171 (2006). [CrossRef]

IEEE J. Lightwave Technol.

J. McGeehan, S. Kumar, D. Gurkan, S. M. R. Motaghian Nezam, A. Willner, Parameswaran, M. M. Fejer, J. Bannister, and J. D. Touch, "All-optical decrementing of a packet’s time-to-live (TTL) field and subsequent dropping of a zero-TTL packet," IEEE J. Lightwave Technol. 21, 2746-2751 (2003). [CrossRef]

IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett.

E. Kehayas, J. Seoane, Y. Liu, J. M. Martinez, J. Herrera, P. V. Holm-Nielsen, S. Zhang, R. McDougall, G. Maxwell, F. Ramos, J. Marti, H. J. S. Dorren, P. Jeppesen, and H. Avramopoulos, "All-optical network subsystems using integrated SOA-based optical gates and flip-flops for label-swapped networks," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 18, 1750-1752 (2006). [CrossRef]
M. T. Hill, T. de Vries, H. J. S. Dorren, X. J. M. Leijtens, J. H. C. van Zantvoort, J. H. den Besten, E. Smalbrugge, Y. S. Oei, J. J. M. Binsma, G. D. Khoe, and M. K. Smit, "Integrated two-state AWG-based multiwavelength laser," IEEE Photon. Technol. Lett. 17, 956-958 (2005). [CrossRef]

Opt. Express

R. Clavero, J. M. Martinez, F. Ramos, and J. Marti, "All-optical packet routing scheme for optical label-swapping networks," Opt. Express 12, 4326-4332 (2004). [CrossRef] [PubMed]

Other

J. Yang, Z. Zhu, H. Yang, Z. Pan, and S. J. Ben Yoo, "All-optical time-to-live using error-checking labels in optical label switching networks," in Proc. 30th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2004), paper Th3.4.5, Stokholm, Sweden, Sept. 2004.
J. M. Martinez, F. Ramos, J. Martí, J. Herrera, and R. Llorente, "All-optical N-bit XOR gate with feedback for optical packet header processing," in Proc. 28th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2002), paper P4-8, Copenhagen, Denmark, Sept. 2002.
G. Bendilli, C. Cavazzoni, R. Girardi, and R. Lano, "Optical performance monitoring techniques," in Proc. 26th European Conference on Optical Communication (ECOC 2000), 4, 113-116, Munich, Germany, Sept. 2000.
R. Giles, "Monitoring the optical networks," in Proc. Symposium on optical fiber measurements, (Boulders, United States, 2002), pp. 19-24.
W. Hung, K. Chan, L. K. Chen, C. K. Chan, and F. Tong, "A routing loop control scheme in optical layer for optical packet networks", in Conf. Opt. Fiber Commun. (OFC 2002), paper ThGG111, 770-771.

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