%0 Journal Article %A V. Eramo and E. Miucci and A. Cianfrani and A. Germoni and M. Listanti %D 2011 %J International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 57, 2011 %T Evaluation of Power Consumption of Spanke Optical Packet Switch %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/2531 %V 57 %X The power consumption of an Optical Packet Switch equipped with SOA technology based Spanke switching fabric is evaluated. Sophisticated analytical models are introduced to evaluate the power consumption versus the offered traffic, the main switch parameters, and the used device characteristics. The impact of Amplifier Spontaneous Emission (ASE) noise generated by a transmission system on the power consumption is investigated. As a matter of example for 32×32 switches supporting 64 wavelengths and offered traffic equal to 0,8, the average energy consumption per bit is 5, 07 · 10-2 nJ/bit and increases if ASE noise introduced by the transmission systems is increased. %P 1240 - 1245