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An Introduction to Photonic Switching Fabrics

Part of the book series: Applications of Communications Theory ((ACTH))

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As our information-hungry society moves toward ubiquitous broadband services there will be the need for telecommunications switching systems able to switch and control large numbers of users sending and receiving this high-bit-rate information. Aggregate capacities of these future systems could exceed 1 Tb/s by the turn of the century. Some of the new services that will require these large capacities include the transport and switching of NTSC video, enhanced-quality television (EQTV), high-definition television (HDTV), switched video, high-data-rate file transfers and information retrieval, animated graphics, in addition to the need for an interconnect for diskless workstations and local area networks/metropolitan area networks (LAN/MAN). These new services are the future of telecommunications companies and thus the driving force to bring photonics into switching systems.

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Hinton, H.S., Erickson, J.R., Cloonan, T.J., Tooley, F.A.P., McCormick, F.B., Lentine, A.L. (1993). Introduction. In: An Introduction to Photonic Switching Fabrics. Applications of Communications Theory. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9171-6_1

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