Inspec keywords: pulse position modulation; optical modulation; optical noise; optical communication equipment; high-speed optical techniques; optical fibre networks; optical correlation; optical crosstalk; packet switching; telecommunication network routing

Other keywords: single bit-wise AND operation; optical correlation; multiple transmission modes; multicast modes; high-speed photonic packet switching network; noise propagation; optical crosstalk; all-optical router; broadcast modes; unicast modes; pulse-position modulation header processing; optical layer; routing table entries; PPM-HP scheme; core network scalability; routing table size; all-optical header recognition; multiple-hop routing scenario

Subjects: Communication network design, planning and routing; Optical communication equipment; Optical fibre networks; Multiplexing and switching in optical communication; Modulation and coding methods