This paper presents a workable solution for transport of IP packets over optical networks. The protocol heavily relies on the data link and physical layer of the proposed standard 10 Gb/s Ethernet. The architecture is able to optically multiplex and forward asynchronous packets like those generated by classical Ethernet devices.

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This paper has presented the performance of an optical code division multiple access (OCDMA) system for indoor, short and outdoor applications and the transmission efficiency to be evaluated in order to determine the impact of multi access interference for a given number of users in dense wavelength division multiplexing. Optical code division multiple access is an alternative multiplexing sche...

Wavelength conversion has been proposed for use in wavelength-division multiplexed networks to improve efficiency. This study highlights systems challenges and performance issues which need to be addressed in order to incorporate wavelength conversion effectively. A review/survey of the enabling technologies, design methods, and analytical models used in wavelengthconvertible networks is provided.