An adaptation layer for real-time interoperability between legacy 100MbE and 40Gb/s (and beyond) optical label switched networks

Abstract

We present a method, scalable to 1Tb/s transmission systems, of performing electronic lookup on asynchronous 40Gb/s burst mode channels to facilitate real-time end-to-end interoperability between legacy 100MbE networks and 40Gb/s optical label switched networks.