JSAC, Special Issue on High-Performance Optical/Electronic Switches/routers for High-Speed Internet The European IST Project DAVID: a Viable Approach towards Optical Packet Switching

Abstract — In this paper promising technologies and a network architecture are presented for future Optical Packet Switched networks. The overall network concept is presented and the major choices are highlighted and compared with alternative solutions. Both long and shorter term approaches are considered as well as both the WAN and MAN parts of the network. The results presente