Abstract
Our prototype of a fully-functional Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM)
switch validates the design
of a 128 Gb/s optoelectronic ATM switch.
Optoelectronics, rather than all optical componets, are
used to simutaneously address all of the specific requirements
mandated by the ATM protocol.
In this paper, we present the Illinois Pulsar-based Optical Interconnect
(iPOINT) testbed, and present our
results obtained for the prototype switch in
a working environment consisting of an optical
network of Sun SPARCStations and other local and wide-area ATM
switches.