Control packet signaling mechanism using electronic code division multiple access for packet-based networks

We propose and experimentally demonstrate the feasibility of a control packet signaling technique using electronic code division multiple access for a wavelength division multiplexing packet-based network, whereby each wavelength channel is assigned a unique electronic code based label on a radio frequency subcarrier. Such a technique allows each wavelength channel to be electronically identified without requiring the use of a WDM demultiplexer. We experimentally demonstrate this technique with two wavelength channels each with 1.25 Gb/s baseband payload data and 10 Mb/s header coded onto an electronic code at 160 Mb/s. A performance study of the electronic code division multiple access based control signaling scheme in a wavelength division multiplexed packet-based access network is also performed in terms of the required power budget to monitor the electronic code division multiple access control signals in the presence of several sources of noise for error-free transmission of both payload data and electronic code division multiple access based control signals. It is shown that the modulation depth of each signal impacts the amount of required optical tap power. As the modulation depth of the electronic code division multiple access based control signal is increased, the required optical tap power is reduced. However, this increases the bit-error-rate for the payload data. Therefore, there lies a maximum and a minimum of the required tap optical power for the successful recovery of both signals. The lower bound of this range is usually determined by the successful recovery of electronic code division multiple access based control signal while the upper bound is determined by the successful recovery of payload data. The required optical tap power is analyzed for different transmission bit rates of the payload data for various receiver architecture scenarios without an optical amplifier at the receiver. The scalability analyses were repeated with an optical amplifier placed in the receiver terminal of the network. The resulting optical tap power that is required for the successful monitoring of the electronic code division multiple access based control signals are compared with that of the case without the amplifier.     

Optical labeling scheme using polarization shift keying/vestigial sideband carrier-suppressed return-to-zero orthogonal modulation

We propose and experimentally demonstrate a polarization shift keying label and a vestigial sideband carrier-suppressed return-to-zero payload scheme for a 43 Gbit/s all-optical label switching network. This scheme has a narrow channel bandwidth and a low penalty due to polarization mode dispersion impairments, which confirm it as a candidate technique for the next generation of optical networks.     

Transmission performance of the SCM label in optical label switching networks

We have investigated the transmission performance of the label signal in the optical double sideband subcarrier multiplexing (DSB-SCM) label switching link and clarified that the degradation of the label signal results from the fiber chromatic dispersion and the incomplete filtering out of the payload carrier. Our theoretical results show that the DSB-SCM label can immune the fading effect, and the degradation mainly results from the crosstalk from the payload and the time shift of the code edge. The deep suppression of the optical carriers at the receiver can eliminate the crosstalk. The time shift of the code edges leads to the eye closure of the label codes and is independent of the code rate, but it does not degrade the label code with a low bit rate greatly, although it is serious for the label with a high bit rate and ultimately limits the transmission distance of the label. The simulation results validate our analysis very well. As we theoretically predict that the single sideband (SSB)-SCM can eliminate the time shift of the code edges and extend the transmission distance of the label signal.     

Frequency-swept coherently detected spectral amplitude code for flexible implicit optical label switching

A new optical label switching system with coherently detected implicit spectral amplitude code (SAC) labels is proposed in this letter. The implicit SAC labels are recognized using a frequency-swept local light source oscillator. Intensity modulation payloads of 625 Mb/s and 1.25 Gb/s are considered. Label and payload bit error rate (BER) performances are assessed and compared by simulations. The results reveal that, at a BER value of 10 9 , 32.4-dBm label received power can be obtained. In addition, 8.3-dB optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) is obtained when carrying a payload of 625 Mb/s. The label BER value hardly reaches 10 -9 if the payload bit rate is at 1.25 Gb/s; however, a high payload bit rate only has little influence on received payload quality at a BER value of 10 -9 . Finally, a payload of 1.25 Gb/s could obtain 28.2 dBm received power and 9.5-dB OSNR.     

Label swapping and packet transmission of DPSK-labeled PPM signal in optical label switching

A label swapping scheme of an optical labeled signal with differential phase shift keying(DPSK) for label at 2.5 Gb/s and pulse position modulation(PPM) for payload at 40 Gb/s is demonstrated by simulation.Power penalties of ～1.8 and ～0.8 dB are achieved for both the payload and label over 80-km single mode fiber(SMF) transmission.This labeling scheme allows the use of four-wave mixing(FWM) in semiconductor optical amplifier(SOA) to perform label erasure,with advantages of transparence for bit rate,high processing rate,simple architecture,and low cost.Label swapping is demonstrated with appropriate penalties of-3.5 and 0.8 dB for PPM payload and new DPSK label,respectively.To further prove the effectiveness of the proposed scheme,label swapping in the case of using 10-Gb/s DPSK label is also investigated with the power penalties of 6 and 2 dB for PPM payload and new DPSK label.     

采用OFDM信号作为标记的光分组交换方案

以光正交频分复用信号作为光标记,利用两个不同波长的光载波分别经过强度调制,产生了10 Gb/sOOK光载荷和2.5 Gb/sOFDM光标记。测得了光分组信号经光纤传输前后接收载荷的眼图和标记的星座图以及误码率曲线,结果表明:经过40 km光纤传输后,载荷与标记的功率代价分别为1dB和0.5dB。     

Novel optical packet with non-return-to-zero label and duobinary carrier-suppressed return-to-zero payload

A novel packet format with non-return-to-zero (NRZ) label and duobinary carrier-suppressed return-to-zero (DCS-RZ) payload is proposed for optical packet switching networks.NRZ label is followed by DCS-RZ payload with a certain guard time.The spectra of the low-rate NRZ label locate around the optical carrier frequency where some parts of the corresponding spectra of the high-rate DCS-RZ payload have been suppressed due to DCS-RZ modulation.At the switching node,the label or payload extraction can be realized simply through an optical bandpass or notch filter respectively.The feasibility of the scheme is verified by the simulation on the famous photonic design platform designed by Virtual Photonics Inc.(VPI).The effects of optical filter bandwidth on the received signal quality are discussed by analyzing bit error rate(BER)and contrast ratio performances.     

All-optical wavelength conversion for 10-Gb/s NRZ payload and 2.5-Gb/s OFDM label in optical-packet-switched network

Simultaneous wavelength conversion based on four-wave mixing (FWM) for 10-Gb/s NRZ payload and 2.5-Gb/s OFDM label signals in optical switching network is experimentally demonstrated. The dual-pump scheme based on FWM in semiconductor optical amplifier (SOA) is employed and simultaneous wavelength conversion for optical packet with one optical payload of 10-Gb/s non-return-to-zero (NRZ) on-off keying (OOK) signals and one optical label of 2.5-Gb/s OFDM signals are realized. The bit-error-rate performance is evaluated for both payload and label after wavelength conversion.     

Experimental demonstration and cascadability analysis of a tunable optical buffer based on a re-circulating loop consisting of optical SSB modulator and FBG filter

We demonstrate a tunable optical buffer with variable time delays for label switching applications using an optical single sideband modulator in a fiber Bragg grating-filter loop. This optical buffer realizes payload storage with optional wavelength conversion function, providing flexibility in packet router design. Small sensitivity penalty is observed in our experiment after the payload circulating in the buffer loop three times. The cascadability of the tunable optical buffer is investigated. We provide analysis of the optical signal to noise ratio degradation due to accumulated amplified spontaneous emission noise, and the penalty caused by loss ripple and group delay ripple of the fiber Bragg grating.     

Optical amplitude multiplexing through parametric amplification in optical fibers

We propose a new technique that uses parametric amplification in optical fibers to combine two binary signals into a single quaternary amplitude-shift keying (4-ASK) signal. We develop a theoretical model to predict the power level distribution of the 4-ASK signals as a function of the extinction ratios of the input binary signals. Computer simulation results agree with the predictions of this theoretical model within a 0.9 dB margin. We also analyze the application of this technique to the generation of quaternary-amplitude optical packets, which are attractive for allowing the label to be transmitted in the same bandwidth and simultaneously to the payload. Our results indicate that such optical packets may be propagated through lengths comparable to those involved in metropolitan area networks.     

A novel scheme of two-dimension time-stacked wavelength-time optical code label for optical packet switching network

A novel scheme of time-stacked optical code label based on optical code division multiple (OCDM) technique for optical packet switching network is proposed, in which two-dimensional wavelength-time OCDM code is used as the optical label. Packet loss rate and system characteristic based on the proposed scheme are studied. Results show that less packet loss rate of proposed scheme can be achieved as compared with that of one-dimension time-stacked optical code label system.     

A novel all-optical label processing based on multiple optical orthogonal codes sequences for optical packet switching networks

This paper proposes an all-optical label processing scheme that uses the multiple optical orthogonal codes sequences (MOOCS)-based optical label for optical packet switching (OPS) (MOOCS-OPS) networks. In this scheme, each MOOCS is a permutation or combination of the multiple optical orthogonal codes (MOOC) selected from the multiple-groups optical orthogonal codes (MGOOC). Following a comparison of different optical label processing (OLP) schemes, the principles of MOOCS-OPS network are given and analyzed. Firstly, theoretical analyses are used to prove that MOOCS is able to greatly enlarge the number of available optical labels when compared to the previous single optical orthogonal code (SOOC) for OPS (SOOC-OPS) network. Then, the key units of the MOOCS-based optical label packets, including optical packet generation, optical label erasing, optical label extraction and optical label rewriting etc., are given and studied. These results are used to verify that the proposed MOOCS-OPS scheme is feasible.     

Orthogonal labelling scheme using inverted RZ as payload

In this paper, we present an orthogonal labelling scheme using inverted return-to-zero (IRZ) as payload and differential-phase-shift-keying (DPSK) as label. Transmission performances of orthogonal labelling with 40 Gb/s IRZ payload and 10 Gb/s label are evaluated. Simulation results show that orthogonal labelling using IRZ as payload exhibits a much larger extinction ratio margin than that of using return-to-zero (RZ) as payload. The asynchronous effect between payload and label on the transmission performances of orthogonal labelling using IRZ and RZ as payload is evaluated. Simulation results show that the degradation of asynchronous orthogonal labelling using IRZ as payload is relatively worse than that of using RZ as payload. The impact of optical filter bandwidth before receivers is also investigated. Results show that the receiver sensitivities of label for IRZ/DPSK and payloads for both IRZ/DPSK and RZ/DPSK are degraded with the reduction of the filter bandwidth, while the label of RZ/DPSK exhibits an opposite trend.     

Novel optical packet switching scheme using OFDM label with one core router and two edge routers

In this paper, we propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel optical packet switching scheme with one core router and two edge routers, in which an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) signal is generated as a label. In this experiment there are two transmission spans, each span consists of 50-km SMF-28 and an erbium-doped optical fiber amplifier (EDFA) without dispersion management. A 10 Gb/s on-off keying (OOK) optical payload and a 2.5 Gb/s OFDM optical label are generated, encapsulated, and transmitted in the first span. And then old label is replaced by new label, the generated new optical packet after transmission over the second span is detached and detected. The transmission performance of the optical label and payload is experimentally investigated at the ingress router, core router and egress router.     

Applications of optical duobinary in optical carrier suppression and separation labeling

A novel approach is used to implement optical carrier suppression and separation （OCSS） labeling. Then, the performance of 10/40-Gb/s duobinary payload with 2.5-Gb/s amplitude shift keying （ASK） or duobi- nary label by numerical simulations is studied. Influencing factors, such as demultiplexer bandwidth and fiber Bragg grating （FBG） filter bandwidth, are investigated. Simulation result shows that the received sensitivity of ASK label is higher than that of the duobinary label, while the received sensitivity of duobi- nary payload with duobinary label is higher than that with ASK label.     

A novel scheme of label abstraction and erasion based on Fabry-Perot semiconductor optical amplifier

A novel label abstraction and erasion scheme based on a Fabry-Perot semiconductor optical amplifier (FP-SOA) is proposed for all-optical separation of the bit-serial label from payload and its performance is investigated by simulation. Important features of this scheme are that it does not make use of any high-speed electronics and only one device is needed. Using this scheme, label abstraction and erasion can be realized with the extinction ratio of 9.72 and 7.05 dB, respectively.     

Optical label switching of DRZ/DPSK orthogonal signal generated by photonic-crystal fiber

We demonstrate orthogonal label switching by using a dark-return-to-zero (DRZ) payload and differential phase-shift keying (DPSK) label generated by a dispersion-flattened photonic-crystal fiber. The high extinction ratio of both the payload and label improves the receiver margin. The DRZ payload introduces little cross talk to the DPSK label due to the RZ-like output of the demodulated DPSK. Simulations are performed to study the eye-closure penalty of the payload and label at different DRZ pulse widths. We compare the DRZ/DPSK with the RZ and DPSK signals numerically at the same data rate and show that the DRZ/DPSK has a strong tolerance to the polarization-mode dispersion. The DRZ/DPSK has a more compact spectrum suitable for the strong filtering requirements in WDM systems.     

光分组交换网络中多组光正交码组合光标签识别处理及实验

报道了光分组交换网络中基于多组光正交码组合光标签的识别与接收实验,光标签采用了码长为19,码重为3的2组光正交码组合光标签方案.给出了基于多组光正交码光标签的光分组交换网络(MOOC-OPS)基本原理,通过分析指出在MOOC-OPS网络中处理多组在时域上非连续、随机、突发光标签是现实MOOC-OPS关键技术之一.设计出了基于展宽网络和放大器级联方式接收多组低功率窄脉冲(MOOC-OPS网络的光标签)的实验方案,完成了实验电路板制作与实验验证.实验结果表明成功地实现了MOOC-OPS网络中周期为2ns基于多组光正交码光标签脉冲的识别接收,验证了该方案的可行性.     

Spectral amplitude code label switching system for IM,DQPSK and PDM-DQPSK with frequency swept coherent detection

We present and compare the outcome of implicit and explicit labels using intensity modulation (IM), differential quadrature phase shift keying (DQPSK), and polarization division multiplexed (PDM-DQPSK). A payload bit rate of 1, 2, and 5 Gb/s is considered for IM implicit labels, while payloads of 40, 80, and 112 Gb/s are considered in DQPSK and PDM-DQPSK explicit labels by stimulating a 4-code 156-Mb/s SAC label. The generated label and payloads are observed by assessing the eye diagram, received optical power (ROP), and optical signal to noise ratio (OSNR).     

Investigation of the influence of the key parameters onthe system performance in all-ptical label switching based on FSK/ASK orthogonal modulation format

<正>The transmission characteristics of the optical label switching system based on the FSK/ASK orthogonal modulation format is investigated.The factors that affect the transmission performance,such as the FSK tone space,dispersion compensation and coupler split ratio,are studied by numerical simulation.The proposed scheme is also experimentally demonstrated with a transmission of 155 Mbit/s FSK label combined with 10 Gbit/s ASK payload.