公开(公告)号：EP1987615A4

公开(公告)日：2017-04-12

申请号：EP06839544

申请日：2006-10-25

申请人： CISCO TECH INC

发明人： COHEN EARL T ,  EPPS GARRY

IPC分类号： H04J14/02 ,  H04Q11/00

CPC分类号： H04J14/0227 ,  H04J14/0238 ,  H04J14/0241 ,  H04Q11/0005 ,  H04Q11/0066 ,  H04Q2011/002 ,  H04Q2011/0032 ,  H04Q2011/0039 ,  H04Q2011/0041 ,  H04Q2011/0045 ,  H04Q2011/005

摘要： An optical packet processor includes one or more optical packet inputs that receive asynchronous optical packets. An optical packet interconnect directs the optical packets from the different optical packet inputs to different optical packet outputs. The optical packets are buffered either before or after being directed from the inputs to the different outputs. Problems associated with optical buffering are overcome by synchronizing the asynchronous optical packets with the optical packet buffers. The novel optical buffer architectures described also reduce or eliminate the use of certain high cost optical components.