A multi-wavelength optical packet switch system with shared output buffer
is disclosed, which includes N input fibers, N output fibers, an input
device, a wavelength converter, a wavelength router, an output buffer, a
wavelength classifier and a control device. The present invention
utilizes both the tunable wavelength converter and the wavelength router
to accomplish multi-wavelength optical packet switching. The present
invention also provides the output buffer connected to the output of the
wavelength router for being shared by optical packets in all wavelengths
(channels), thereby avoiding the packet loss due to output conflicts and
reducing the cost of establishing the buffer.