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A Proposal of a New Photonic FDM Switching System FAPS--Frequency Assign Photonic Switching System--

Tadahiko YASUI, Aritomo UEMURA

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Among various photonic switching technologies, photonic frequency division multiplexing technology is most promising. In this paper a novel photonic FDM (Frequency Division Multiplexing) system is proposed. The proposed system consists of n (multiplicity of frequencies) independent subnetworks, each of which is identified by a specific frequency, and of which each network topology is identical. When a connection is required by a terminal, the network selects a subnetwork that can afford it, and assigns a frequency representing the selected subnetwork to the terminal. This system eliminates frequency converting devices and traffic concentration equipment, which will reduce the size and cost of the system. A very small sized switching system of very large capacity will be easily realized. In this paper, first we will address the basic concept of the proposed system, and then discuss some technical problems and their solutions concerning network configuration, switch matrix structure, subscriber network configuration, control scheme and frequency multiplicity. Some experimental results are also mentioned.

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E77-B No.2 pp.174-183
Publication Date
1994/02/25
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Special Section PAPER (Special Issue on Photonic Switching Technologies)
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