1.28 Tbit/s (160 Gbit/s/spl times/8 wavelengths) throughput variable length packet switching using optical code based label switch

A novel ultra-high speed (over 160 Gbit/s), large throughput (over 1 Tbit/s), variable-length optical packet switching system, based on all-optical parallel table lookup for all the packets with different wavelength by an optical transparent label processor, is proposed. 1.28 Tbit/s optical packet switching with 120 km transmission is demonstrated.